Cameron Currie and his research team are studying a novel source of possible antimicrobial drugs: The bacteria that work with fungus-growing ants to protect their gardens from disease.
McMaster researcher Cameron Currie is part of a major international study that reveals key information on the origins of the symbiotic relationship between ants and the fungi they farm.
Cameron Currie, the inaugural Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Pandemic Research and Prevention, is exploring whether ants' microbes could be used to develop new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria and fungi.
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