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Sustainable light achieved in living plants
phys.org ^ | 04/27/2020 | MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences

Posted on 04/28/2020 8:55:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin

By inserting DNA obtained from the mushroom, the scientists were able to create plants that glow much brighter than previously possible.

This biological light can be used by scientists for observing the inner workings of plants. In contrast to other commonly used forms of bioluminescence, such as from fireflies, unique chemical reagents are not necessary for sustaining mushroom bioluminescence. Plants containing the mushroom DNA glow continuously throughout their lifecycle, from seedling to maturity.

The new discovery can also be used for practical and aesthetic purposes, most notably for creating glowing flowers and other ornamental plants. And while replacing street lights with glowing trees may prove fantastical, the plants produce a pleasant green aura that emanates from their living energy.

Designing new biological features is more complex than merely moving genetic parts from one organism to another, however. Like gears in a watch, the newly added parts must metabolically integrate within the host. For most organisms, the parts needed for bioluminescence are not all known. Until recently, a complete part list was available only for bacterial bioluminescence. But past attempts to create glowing plants from these parts have not gone well, largely because bacterial parts typically do not work properly in more complex organisms.

Little more than a year ago, scientists uncovered the parts that sustain bioluminescence in mushrooms. For the first time, the living light of an advanced multicellular organism was fully defined. In the present report, the authors disclose that mushroom bioluminescence works particularly well in plants. This allowed them to make glowing plants that are at least ten-fold brighter. Using ordinary cameras and smartphones, green illumination was recorded coming from leaves, stems, roots, and flowers. Moreover, the sustained light production was achieved without harming the health of the plants.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bioluminensence; helixmakemineadouble; mushroom; transgenic
Bio-luminescent plants will light the tunnels of underground off-earth habitats.

Just kinda have to let your eyes adjust....

1 posted on 04/28/2020 8:55:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

If they succeed in engineering plants that generate light
how long will it take for some RINO Congressman to ban them?


2 posted on 04/28/2020 8:56:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
If they succeed in engineering plants that generate light how long will it take for some RINO Congressman to ban them?

Think of the investors in existing lighting companies! Oh the horror!

3 posted on 04/28/2020 8:59:39 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: BenLurkin

You’ll never see them grow in Michigan since the Governor won’t allow ya’ll to buy seeds...


4 posted on 04/28/2020 9:03:08 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: BenLurkin
want


5 posted on 04/28/2020 9:03:58 AM PDT by z3n
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To: BenLurkin

Super - flora-based night lights coming...right next to the Chia pet displays.


6 posted on 04/28/2020 9:06:35 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ..
One side makes you darker, and one side makes you glow..

7 posted on 04/28/2020 9:09:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ROFL.


8 posted on 04/28/2020 9:16:17 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine
And after the meal, it helps illuminate the outhouse at night.

9 posted on 04/28/2020 9:22:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

So we don’t need to put the plant under the table lamp but ditch the lamp and just click on the plant?

I realize that’s not what the article is talking about, but that was my first mental image...working by the light of my plant. LOL!


10 posted on 04/28/2020 9:23:27 AM PDT by livius
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Badger Badger Badger | 1 Hour | Weebl

Badger Badger Badger | 1 Hour | Weebl

11 posted on 04/28/2020 9:24:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

Give me some. I’ll let the house plants shine and I’ll save on my electric bill.


12 posted on 04/28/2020 9:58:03 AM PDT by I want the USA back (I fear my government more than the bug. I hate that which makes me afraid. And the media.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope so;. That digestion leaves the photoemissive chemicals intact. Light to read by.


13 posted on 04/28/2020 10:02:38 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: SunkenCiv
One side makes you darker, and one side makes you glow..

And the ones that Mother gives you don't change the lumen flow...

14 posted on 04/28/2020 10:02:49 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Interesting Times; Pearls Before Swine
Nice job!

15 posted on 04/28/2020 10:04:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

Funny you mention “off world.”

As I was reading the article, I was thinking of the absolutely spectacular CGI night in the jungle scene from James Cameron’s movie “Pandora.” On the big screen is fine; not sure about having it ultimately show up in the local home & garden center.

For some reason, I have this funny feeling that the epitaph on Humanities tombstone will be:

“Better is the enemy of good enough, indeed.”


16 posted on 04/28/2020 11:18:30 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: Captain Rhino

Told my boss at the time that I was rooting for the humans. She looked at me like I just bit the head off a kitten.


17 posted on 04/28/2020 12:03:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bah - if those blue alien hippies were so peaceful, how did they already know how to fight? How did they know to put on war paint and chuck spears?


18 posted on 04/28/2020 12:54:08 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: SunkenCiv

“And after the meal, it helps illuminate the outhouse at night.”

“Hey honey! C’mere! You gotta see THIS!”


19 posted on 04/28/2020 2:26:31 PM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: BenLurkin

Driven mad by their lust for “unobtainium,” there is no act too dastardly for those evil humans! Heh, heh, heh.


20 posted on 04/28/2020 3:13:23 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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