Every millisecond of light represented the work of the plant’s metabolism, which Sarkisyan and a team of other scientists had hooked up to genes from a glowing fungus. After a few hours in the sun, my ...
Leger said. "Our findings may help explain their extraordinary success in ecosystems worldwide." Using advanced imaging techniques with fluorescent proteins that made the fungi glow red or green, the ...
Although all bioluminescent fungi emit green light (the true mushroom is the green one), the fungal luciferase can use different substrates leading to changes in intensity and color of emission.
"The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic," says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles. "The glow worm has been the symbol of the other ...