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This episode: Spherical cyanobacterium Synechocystis acts like a tiny eyeball in sensing light, allowing cells to move closer to light sources! Download Episode (9.7 MB, 10.6 minutes) Show notes: News item Video 1: Synechocystis cells moving toward light sources Video 2: Synechocystis cells avoiding point of bright light on surface Journal Paper: Schuergers N, Lenn T, Kampmann R, Meissner MV, Esteves T, Temerinac-Ott M, Korvink JG, Lowe AR, Mullineaux CW, Wilde A. 2016. Cyanobacteria use micro-optics to sense light direction. eLife 5:e12620. Other interesting stories: Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe at iTunes or Google Play, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook |