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Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. [1] Bioluminescence occurs in diverse organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some bioluminescent bacteria, dinoflagellates and terrestrial arthropods such as fireflies.
Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment, covering terrestrial, marine, and microorganisms.
They are non-thermal in origin, and the emission of biophotons is technically a type of bioluminescence, though the term "bioluminescence" is generally reserved for higher luminance systems (typically with emitted light visible to the naked eye, using biochemical means such as luciferin/luciferase).
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 Fish, the Angler fish, certain jellyfish, certain clams and the Gulper eel.
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The waves of bioluminescence that move within a colony are apparently not propagated by neurons, but by a photic stimulation process. [12] Flashing zooids not only stimulate other zooids within the colony to luminesce, but nearby colonies will also display bioluminescence in response. Colonies will luminesce in response to touch, as well as to ...
Be sure to expand the subcategories to see the breakdown of the different bioluminescent species. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Bioluminescence occurs when an organism emits light through a chemical reaction [8] with the majority of the world's bioluminescent organisms living in the ocean. [9] The production of bioluminescence by P. fusiformis is thought to be a defense mechanism that startles grazers which would otherwise eat them [5] or to illuminate grazers so that they, in turn may be more visible to their own ...