Neal
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So glow-in-the-dark mushrooms were discovered in 2018, and genetic into plants 2020?
In April 2020, researchers reported having genetically engineered plants glow much brighter than previously possible by inserting genes of the
bioluminescent mushroom Neonothopanus nambi. The glow is self-sustained, works by converting plants' caffeic acid into luciferin and, unlike for
bacterial bioluminescence genes used earlier, has a relatively high light output that is visible to the naked eye.
Dec. 2018 article of glow-in-dark mushrooms.
https://labratchroniclesblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/glow-i...
Nov. 2018 article of the genetics of it.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1803615115
Looks like this mushroom was 1st found in Paraguay, but I'm trying to find where was it genetically decoded. And where else in the world is it found
in.
Here's from the mushroom's Wikipedia article.
Neonothopanus nambi is a poisonous and bioluminescent mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae.[1][2] The genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying this
species' bioluminescence were published in 2019, the first to be elucidated for a fungus.[3] In 2020, genes from this fungus were used to create
bioluminescent tobacco plants.[4]
[Edited on 24-6-2023 by Neal]
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