Photobacterium phosphoreum
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| Species: | P. phosphoreum
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Photobacterium phosphoreum or Vibrio phosphoreum is a Gram-negative bioluminescent bacterium living in symbiosis with marine organisms. It can emit bluish-green light (490 nm) due to a chemical reaction between FMN, luciferin and molecular oxygen catalysed by an enzyme called luciferase.
External links
- Piotr Madanecki's Website about Luminescent Bacteria
- Isolation of P. phosphoreum Cultures from Seafish
- Type strain of Photobacterium phosphoreum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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