Question
In 2021, a White House correspondent tweeted that the COVID-19 vaccine contained one of these enzymes which was used to track people. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this name used as an umbrella term for many unrelated light-producing enzymes.
ANSWER: luciferase
[10h] Vibrio fischeri’s production of luciferase is tied to this ability to detect cell population density due to the release of an autoinducer.
ANSWER: quorum sensing [or quorum signaling; or QS]
[10e] Perhaps the most well known luciferase is the oxygen dependent example found in this family of insects which use it to light up their tails.
ANSWER: firefly [or lightning bug; or glow-worm; or lampyridae]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 38% | 25% |
Data
| Cornell Fire | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell Wind | Cornell Earth | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| RIT | Rochester C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rochester A | Rochester B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |