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Toxins

Representative venom delivery systems in plants, including (A) co-habiting ants that numerous ant-plants provide a home and food for; (B) haustria of parasitic plants that attack other plants; (C) stinging trichomes of stinging plants; and (D) raphides that penetrate the oral membranes of animals that browse on plants. Artwork by Loma Linda University student M. Benjamin Streit.

Study Reveals Venom Delivery Systems Hiding in Plants, Fungi, and Even Viruses

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