Living Invisible Ink: Bacteria Engineered to Encrypt Messages

U.S. researchers have devised a method of encoding information using genetically modified strains of Escherichia coli bacteria.
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Dubbed Steganography by Printed Arrays of Microbes (SPAM), the technique first required developing seven strains of E. coli bacteria that grow in different colors when exposed to ultraviolet light. (Mattosaurus/Wikimedia Commons)
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