Water Jellies Fluorescing Under Black Light
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Channel: Vancouver Aquarium · 2012 · Pets & Animals
The water jelly (Aequorea sp.) glows green because it has a protein called the green fluorescent protein (GFP). This protein produces fluorescence, which occurs when we shine one colour of light (usually UV or black light) on a protein or organism and see another colour come out (in this case, green). Read more on AquaBlog http://www.aquablog.ca/2012/12/this-jelly-could-save-your-life/
