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The dark spots on the leaves of these tomato plants are an early symptom of infection caused by the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. The bacteria spread infection by water-logging the spaces between cells in the plant’s leaves, creating a moist, cozy place to feed and multiply. Credit: Goldlocki, Wikimedia Commons
The dark spots on the leaves of these tomato plants are a symptom of infection caused by the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. The bacteria spread infection by water-logging the spaces between cells in the plant’s leaves, creating a moist, cozy place to feed and multiply. Credit: Goldlocki, Wikimedia Commons

September 13, 2023

Mysterious Family of Microbial Proteins Hijack Crops’ Cellular Plumbing

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This fish doesn’t rely on its eyes to tell if it got its color camouflage right -- it uses its skin.
Without a mirror, it can be hard to tell if you’re blushing, or have spinach in your teeth. But one color-changing fish has evolved a clever way to keep watch on the parts of itself that lie outside its field of view -- by sensing light with its skin. Credit: James St. John, via Wikimedia Commons

August 22, 2023

This Fish Doesn’t Just See With Its Eyes -- It Also Sees With Its Skin.

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