Key laboratory found that deep-sea non-photosynthetic bacteria sense blue light through blue light receptors

Recently, the international academic journal mSystems published an article entitled " A deep sea bacterium senses blue light via a BLUF dependent pathway ", reporting that the research group of Sun Chaomin's group from the Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported on the deep-sea cold spring non-photosynthetic bacteria through blue light.

As we all know, the growth of all things depends on the sun, and a large number of studies have also confirmed that the growth of the true photosphere organisms will be more or less affected by light

Focusing on the above scientific issues, Sun Chaomin's research team obtained a strain of Spongebacterium from the sediment samples using the blue-light enrichment culture technology based on the sediment collected by the "Science" ship in 2017

Proteomic methods reveal that BLUF is a key factor in deep-sea bacteria sensing blue light and activating energy synthesis

Genetic methods confirm that BLUF is a key factor in deep-sea bacteria sensing blue light and activating energy synthesis

In vitro expression method confirms that BLUF has the activity of sensing blue light

BLUF mediates deep-sea bacteria sensing blue light and activating energy synthesis pathway

Shan Yeqi, a doctoral student in the Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, is the first author, and researcher Sun Chaomin is the corresponding author

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