https://freerepublic.com/tag/shiningbacteria/ en-us Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:48:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2182644/posts Teamwork Between Shining Bacteria and Squids Evolved? by Brian Thomas, M.S.* Certain strains of bacteria, named Vibrio, can establish a mutually beneficial link with a squid by a single gene switch, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin.1 Could this precisely specified biochemistry really have evolved from the comparatively “simple” switching-on of just one gene, as their study suggests? Vibrio bacteria have a well-orchestrated capacity to interact with specialized tissue found on the bobtail squid and the Japanese pinecone fish.2 A biochemical “conversation” takes place between animal and bacteria whereby the animal’s specialized tissue secretes a gummy substance that... ICR https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2182644/posts#comment Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:48:11 GMT