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Structural color in the bacterial domain: The ecogenomics of a 2-dimensional optical phenotype.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Jul 2024
Zomer Aldert, Ingham Colin J, von Meijenfeldt F A Bastiaan, Escobar Doncel Álvaro, van de Kerkhof Gea T, Hamidjaja Raditijo, Schouten Sanne, Schertel Lukas, Müller Karin H, Catón Laura, Hahnke Richard L, Bolhuis Henk, Vignolini Silvia, Dutilh Bas E
Abstract excerpt
Structural color is an optical phenomenon resulting from light interacting with nanostructured materials. Although structural color (SC) is widespread in the tree of life, the underlying genetics and genomics are not well understood. Here, we collected and sequenced a set of 87 structurally colored bacterial isolates and 30 related strains lacking SC. Optical analysis of colonies indicated that diverse bacteria...
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