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This article of our researcher José Fedriani with the title: "Los frugivorous mammals prefieren fruits of citrus infected by Penicillium digitatum: ¿if equivocaba Janzen?" is being widely spread by the online media.

This study shows a "clear preference" of some mammals in the consumption of infected oranges instead of the consumption of healthy oranges and one of the hypotheses is that they do that as a form of self-medication. Thus, the relationship between frugivorous vertebrates and microorganisms can be positive and not necessarily competitive, as it was thought till now.

A set of reports were released:

Thrusday, 02 June 2016