tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post7311059208811754929..comments2023-05-16T21:47:12.279-07:00Comments on T. taxus: In Toronto for ASM 2007Jonathan Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-24352482316049130712007-05-22T04:12:00.000-07:002007-05-22T04:12:00.000-07:00Neat. Silly customs official not being up to date ...Neat. Silly customs official not being up to date on photosynthesis research! :-)Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477143485019152669.post-10577036323309749442007-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:002007-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:00Well, that is impressive for a customs official. ...Well, that is impressive for a customs official. However, he did unfortunately get it a bit wrong. As there is nowhere that is too deep for photosynthesis ... see http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20050621/01/ for example. Apparently, organisms can photosynthesize off of either infrared irradiation and/or light coming from mineral precipitation.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.com