Amoeba Absorbs Bacteria Genes to Photosynthesize

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 08:01 in Biology & Nature

About 100 million years ago, a lowly amoeba pulled off a stunning heist, grabbing genes from an unsuspecting bacterium to replace those it had lost. Now Rutgers and other scientists have solved the mystery of how the little amoeba, Paulinella, committed the theft. It engulfed the bacterium, kept that cell alive and harnessed its genes […]

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