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 […]