trbike24
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I was reading the new Reef Life today and crossed something very interesting. In the coral corner there was an article about Green Fluorescent Protein Infection. This infection has been seen on a few Acropora species, one Palythoa and Monitpora species. I looked on a few websites and learned that the protein is composed of 238 amino acids which gives it its fluorescent green glow in blue light. This same protein is from a luminescent jellyfish Aquorea victoria that lives in the cold waters of the northern Pacific. This Jellyfish contains two kinds of protein, the green fluorescent protein and aequorin protein. The aequorin can give off a blue light. There does not seem to be a whole lot of info on the coral side of the protein. The long term progression of the protein still remains as a question mark. This is pretty interesting. There is alot of info on human infections of green protein, but not a whole lot on the coral infection side of it.
http://************.com/2009/11/04/gfp-infection-radically-alters-stony-corals-green-jacket/
http://************.com/2009/11/04/gfp-infection-radically-alters-stony-corals-green-jacket/