OOOHHH Glow in the Dark Orchids!

[betoguerrero]

I want one of them.... is perfectly for a DISCO NIGHT...
But I prefer the species, plants that have been growing without the men for thousands of years...

[m_ms09]

As a university student studying molecular biology and knowing exactly how this is done, this article got me hot.

:P

(PS. I've made glow-in-the-dark E. coli using a similar method!)

[10010100102]

This is too cool! I prefer species too, but this is really something else.

Originally Posted by m_ms09

(PS. I've made glow-in-the-dark E. coli using a similar method!)

I don't know about you, but I'd rather have the orchid;-P!

[m_ms09]

Originally Posted by 10010100102

This is too cool! I prefer species too, but this is really something else.



I don't know about you, but I'd rather have the orchid;-P!

HAHAHA
me too

But to be fair, E. coli is easier to grow.

[Des]

Originally Posted by m_ms09

HAHAHA
me too

But to be fair, E. coli is easier to grow.

E coli !! is'nt that the bug that lives in your intestines !!! what do you do for fun

[m_ms09]

Originally Posted by Des

E coli !! is'nt that the bug that lives in your intestines !!! what do you do for fun

Hahahaha
Yes, you're right! But the lab strains we use aren't the dangerous ones...I could probably drink a litre and be ok...well, maybe a little sick because that would be GROSS.

For fun? I'm a photographer!
Flickr: pinkazalea09's Photostream :P

[calvin_orchidL]

This is pretty wild and weird. I wonder what kind of energy is required to drive this, and whether or not the plant suffers metabolically.

[m_ms09]

Originally Posted by calvin_orchidL

This is pretty wild and weird. I wonder what kind of energy is required to drive this, and whether or not the plant suffers metabolically.

I'm going to hazard to guess that it's an ATP driven process seeing as it is a luciferase-type gene that they're using :P

[m_ms09]

...but I have no idea

[arachnean]

Interesting concept. Even-so, This trick was used a long time ago when I was a young student. They crossed a tobacco plant with a firefly, and the meristem tissue glowed the brightest. I don't know what good it did (Maybe they invented self lighting cigarettes?).