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Is It Possible To Photosynthesize In The Dark?

2023-09-25

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Our master of microscopes is always looking for rare ciliates that live in areas low in oxygen. But when he puts those samples under a growth light, his tubes quickly turn the color of the green sulfur bacteria that thrive in those anaerobic conditions.

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SOURCES:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/survival-at-hydrothermal-vents.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8232776/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-87664-3

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272818306650

https://phys.org/news/2013-06-infrared-photosynthesis-potential-power-source.html

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.6127.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes-Imhoff/publication/234184797_Light_at_deep_sea_hydrothermal_vents/links/00b4952e3544b1efc0000000/Light-at-deep-sea-hydrothermal-vents.pdf?origin=publication_detail

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2000JB000015

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