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Arnold L. Demain in 20.821 (Industrial Microbiology)
jcb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jcb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Nov 23 12:37:45 1987
Amoebae don't eat reed @i[Seratia marcesans]. But if you mutate it so
that it's white, the amoebae love it.
[11/23/87, 12:48pm]
Fungi make mycotoxins to avoid being eaten by animals. Studies have
shown that there are four ways an animal reacts to fungi it wants to
eat:
1) smell the food and reject it (don't eat it)
2) taste the food and reject it
3) eat the food and get sick; avoid it in the future
4) eat the food and die; avoid it in the future
[11/23/87, 12:52pm]
