Order Vibrionales Rank Species | Higher classification Photobacterium | |
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Scientific name Photobacterium phosphoreum Similar Photobacterium, Bacteria, Aliivibrio fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, Vibrionaceae | ||
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.
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