The viruses introduce genetic material into the bacteria which then allows them to produce the pink-colored pigments. Plants use certain color pigments in order to convert light into energy by way ...

"The pink pigment expressed by the bacteria in western Australia is beta-carotene and is produced by a number of halophilic bacteria. We see similar phenomena in other extreme lake environments ...

This not only affects humans and animals, but bacteria as ... proteins and coloured pigments," the Kaiserslautern professor continues. In the case of blue-green algae, a pink coloured pigment ...

By analyzing the isotopic composition of the pink pigment, the team learned that these tiny cyanobacteria were the dominant base of the food chain at the time. It was bacteria generating all ...

When scientists extracted pigment from the bacteria, they found dark red and deep purple spots in concentrated form. Distilled, it turned bright pink. "The bright pink pigments are the molecular ...

Researchers led by Utrecht University bioinformatician Aldert Zomer have now pinpointed genes that allow bacteria to make use of this vivid phenomenon too. Where colors emitted by pigments are the ...