Ants know how to use ... antibiotics before humans

Before people knew how to cultivate and cultivate 12,000 years ago, ants were known to grow mushrooms 60 million years ago and even knew how to use . antibiotics.

In a recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences (USA), scientists have revealed that, currently, there are about 250 known species of ants and ants in the world. mushrooms about 60 million years ago.

However, this is not a surprise to many people because in the course of their 'cultivation' , ants ' fungi are at risk of being attacked by parasites and can damage them. 'crop' of ant. Therefore, to handle this situation, ants know how to use actinobacteria to produce 'therapeutic' antibiotics for the fungus they are cultivating.

Ants know 'cultivation, cultivation' and use antibiotics to treat fungi they grow from tens of millions of years ago.

'People have learned how to use antibiotics for medical purposes less than 100 years ago, while ants have used antibiotics from bacteria to manage mushroom gardens for millions of years ago,' said the teacher. Professor Christian Rabelingm, University of Arizona, said.

Perhaps most interesting of all is that in some samples of amber discovered in the Dominican Republic, some of these specimens have ants with 'pockets' containing actinobacteria . Thus, it can be seen that the small ant species has made progress very sooner than the human species.

Since tens of millions of years ago, ants know how to use antibiotics to treat fungal diseases. So far, ants' methods are still very effective and do not see any signs of antibiotic resistance.

This leads to a problem that is the secret why ants use actinobacteria without antibiotic resistance in killing the parasites that attack the fungus they cultivate? Meanwhile, human beings are facing challenges to human problems in the next century.

Scientists believe that ants' antimicrobial use is one of the bases for humans to refer to solving the problem of preventing antibiotic resistance.

"I strongly believe in discovery from ants that will help us find ways to reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance , " said Professor Cameron Currie, a microbiologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.