Why the Green Cheese Turned White | The cheesemakers didn’t mind that their prized product was changing color, but they were curious about the cause.
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Tl;dr: the bacteria that used to give a green color evolved to no longer be green, since it lives in a dark cave. The energy saved by not producing Melanin let’s the white bacteria out compete the green ones