Photobacterium phosphoreum
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Photobacterium phosphoreum is a Gram-negative, bioluminescent bacterium living in symbiosis with deep-sea marine organisms, such as anglerfish.[1] 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.
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Photobacterium phosphoreum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Vibrionales |
Family: | Vibrionaceae |
Genus: | Photobacterium |
Species: | P. phosphoreum |
Binomial name | |
Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn 1878) Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
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