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Pond Bacterium Converts Light to Energy

Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:33:20 PM
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows Octopus Spring, an alkaline siliceous hot spring in Yellow Stone National Park. The wonderland known as Yellowstone National Park has yielded a new marvel _ an unusual bacterium that converts light to energy. The discovery was made in a hot spring at the park, where colorful mats of microbes drift in the warmth. (AP Photo/Science, David M. Ward)WASHINGTON (AP) - The wonderland known as Yellowstone National Park has yielded a new marvel — an unusual bacterium that converts light to energy.

The discovery was made in a hot spring at the park where colorful mats of microbes drift in the warmth.

"This thing was just bizarre," David M. Ward, a professor of microbial studies at Montana State University, said of the bacterium.


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