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Cool.  Glad there might be hope on the horizon.


> Scientists discover bacteria aiding Southern pine  beetles
> By Karen Brasher
> MSU College of Forest Resources 
> MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Researchers may have found the secret to controlling a  
> tiny insect that robs Mississippi landowners of an estimated 12 million cubic  
> feet of pine forest each year. <snip>

> “Southern pine beetles are extremely difficult to control, and practically no 
>  effective pest management tactics have been developed,” Shepard added.  
> Identifying beneficial associations, such as this one, could be an effective  
> strategy in the search for new, bioactive natural products to protect plants,  
> animals and humans. 
> “Perhaps some of those much-needed small molecules are waiting to be  
> discovered in our backyard trees,” Yuceer  said.

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