luminescent bacteria

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• Luminescent bacteria — emit light as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. Luminescent bacteria exist as symbiotic organisms carried within a larger organism, such as many deep sea organisms, including the Lantern… …   Wikipedia

• luminescent organ — 1. Specialized light emitting organs of various invertebrates; see bioluminescence. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) Open ectodermal pockets filled with luminescent bacteria …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• bioluminescence — bioluminescent, adj. /buy oh looh meuh nes euhns/, n. the production of light by living organisms. [1915 20; BIO + LUMINESCENCE] * * * Emission of light by an organism or biochemical system (e.g., the glow of bacteria on decaying meat or fish,… …   Universalium

• N-Acyl homoserine lactone — General chemical structure of an N acyl homoserine lactone N Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs or N AHLs) are a class of signaling molecules involved in bacterial quorum sensing. Quorum sensing is a method of communication between bacteria that… …   Wikipedia

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• Pulley Ridge — is a coral reef off the coast of southwestern Florida, United States [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050104111943.htm] . The reef lies 1000 miles west of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve and stretches north about 60 miles. The ridge… …   Wikipedia

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• luciferin — /looh sif euhr in/, n. Biochem. a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation. [1885 90; < L lucifer (see LUCIFER) + IN2] * * * ▪ biochemistry       in biochemistry, any of several organic… …   Universalium

• Photobacterium phosphoreum — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Photobacterium phosphoreum image caption = regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gammaproteobacteria ordo = Vibrionales familia = Vibrionaceae genus = Photobacterium species = P. phosphoreum binomial …   Wikipedia

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• symbiosis — the living together of two species to their mutual benefit, e.g. luminescent bacteria in photophores of certain fishes; hydroid polyps which grow on and camouflage Minous; and anemone fish (Amphiprion) with sea anemones, where the territorial… …   Dictionary of ichthyology