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BacterioFiles 268 - Sophisticated Cyanobacterium Sight

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:10:38
Publish Date: 2016-09-19 05:00:00
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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.

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