Slime Can See:
Bacteria Composed of Tiny Eyes
Cyanobacteria- An ancient and abundant one-celled life form that lives in water and receives energy from photosynthesis. Often referred to as “pond slime”.
Plants and the atmosphere depend upon cyanobacteria.
Studied by Conrad Mullineaux of the University of Freiburg in Germany and Queen Mary University of London.
The research team flashed a light and discovered “light hitting the front of a cell was bent, or refracted, and sent to the opposite side.”
This is very similar to the process that takes place in the human eye. Light travels through the cornea and is then focused toward the back of the eye, onto the retina.
Are We Connected to Bacteria?
→ 2.7 billion years old- making it older than any animal eyes. → 500 million times smaller than the human eye
We cannot directly see them but they can see us
The eye and cyanobacteria are both signed by their shape and function.
We see the world the same way. Do these signal that we are connected somehow?
Cyanobacteria- An ancient and abundant one-celled life form that lives in water and receives energy from photosynthesis. Often referred to as “pond slime”. 
→ 2.7 billion years old- making it older than any animal eyes. → 500 million times smaller than the human eye
We cannot directly see them but they can see us
The eye and cyanobacteria are both signed by their shape and function.
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