Researchers Unearth Bioenergy Potential in Leaf-Cutter Ant Communities

Friday, June 14, 2013 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology, colonies of leaf-cutter ants cultivate thriving communities of fungi and bacteria using freshly cut plant material.

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