Light wakes up freshwater bacteria

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

Some of the bacteria that live in ponds grow faster during the day, even if they don't take in sunlight as an energy source, suggesting the existence of special genes that absorb light.

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