Biologists Baffled by Never-Before-Seen Structure in a Tiny Organism

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Asian Citrus Psyllid Nymphs on Lemon Plant Leaf PetioleThe research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives in close partnership with a major citrus pest. Nothing like this structure has ever been documented in any living organism. The discovery, made possible through advanced [...]
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