Scientists uncover the mechanism of fungal luminescence and create luminescent yeasts

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 09:00 in Biology & Nature

Russian scientists with colleagues from the U.K., Spain, Brazil, Japan and Austria have fully described the mechanism of fungal luminescence. They report that fungi utilize only four key enzymes to produce light and that transfer of these enzymes into other organisms makes them bioluminescent.

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