Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed an imaging method, metabolome informed proteome imaging (MIPI), that visualises plant breakdown inside a leafcutter ant fungus garden, and published it in Nature Chemical Biology. The method scans thin garden sections with a laser to locate metabolites, plant polymers and enzymes, and the team used it to identify the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus as the primary degrader of plant material. PNNL says the