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Monday, February 27, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


In vino veritas: Promiscuous yeast hook up in wine-making vats

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 08:01 PM PST

Humans aren't the only species that like to get busy with a glass of bubbly. Turns out, the common baker's yeast has indulged in a frenzy of amorous frolicking in the fermentation vats of winemakers for hundreds, possibly thousands, of years, with interesting results.

Glow and be eaten: Marine bacteria use light to lure plankton and fish

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:35 PM PST

Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it is just bacteria trying to get ahead in life. Many sea creatures glow with a biologically produced light. This phenomenon, known as bioluminescence, is observed, among others, in some marine bacteria which emit a steady light once they have reached a certain level of concentration (a phenomenon called "quorum sensing") on organic particles in ocean waters.

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