Posted on 02/10/2016 2:59:33 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Bacteria can see, using their entire one-celled selves as a tiny camera lens to focus light, researchers reported Tuesday.
The ability goes beyond just a vague sense of where the light is, and allows the one-celled organisms to find just the right spot, the team reported in the journal eLife.
"The idea that bacteria can see their world in basically the same way that we do is pretty exciting," said Conrad Mullineaux of the University of Freiburg in Germany and Queen Mary University of London.
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What’s next....... Bacteria Lives Matter?
No, Democrats will have them voting.
Bacteria can see but Bush can’t
What do u call a bacteria? A Democratic candidate with Vision
So, if certain species of bacteria tend to move away from laser light, wouldn’t this suggest that new forms of laser therapies can be designed to target recalcitrant, colonizing strains? Yes, I am a geek.
Creepy.
I’m just wondering if they’re responding to heat more than light...but who knows.
As Nachmanides said, all matter is infused with Wisdom. Deep intelligence pervades life...
Photosynthetic bacteria having light sensors and the ability to move toward or away from light is neither new or surprising. The interest in this article is due to the misuse of the word “eye” which implies that bacteria can “see”. IMO the ability to detect light is not sight.
Another reason to not watch ABC News.
Just American Bacteria or illegal Bacteria also?
“Photosynthetic bacteria having light sensors and the ability to move toward or away from light is neither new or surprising.”
it’s called phototropism.
You already know the answer to that—and that they’ll get bused around to vote multiple times.
What Bacteria is Hillary?
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