Photobacterium phosphoreum

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 = "Photobacterium phosphoreum"

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) thanks to a chemical reaction between FMN, luciferin and molecular oxygen catalysed by an enzyme called Luciferase.

External links

* [http://www.biology.pl/bakterie_sw/index_en.html Piotr Madanecki's Website about Luminescent Bacteria]
* [http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/b203.htm Isolation of "P. phosphoreum" Cultures from Seafish]


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