Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn, 1878) Beijerinck, 1889
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- genus
- Photobacterium
- species
- Photobacterium phosphoreum
Abstract
Photobacterium phosphoreum or Vibrio phosphoreum is a Gram-negative bioluminescent bacterium living in symbiosis with marine organisms, such as anglerfish. 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.