title: Evolutionary ecology: wasp mother's little helpers.
abstract: The medical application of antibiotics dramatically reduced human infant mortality in the previous century. A new study indicates that ground nesting wasps exploit Streptomyces strains that they rear in their antennae for the same purpose.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jacobus J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Boomsma
authors.forename: Duur K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Aanen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D007814:Larva / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000378:metabolism*; D013559:Symbiosis; D014863:Wasps / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents