Bioluminescence

Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella

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    Abstract

    Three kinds of light emission are taking place from organisms: bioluminescence in a narrow sense from some animals, dinoflagellatees, fungi and bacteria; delayed light emission from photosynthetic cells; ultraweak light emission from all kinds of cells. All these phenomena are treated in this chapter.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPhotobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.
    EditorsLars Olof Björn
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages591-615
    ISBN (Print)978-0-387-72654-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

    Subject classification (UKÄ)

    • Biological Sciences

    Free keywords

    • Delayed light emission Delayed fluorescence Ultraweak light emission Bioluminescence Predation Food aquisition ROS Reactive oxygen species Light production Vibrio Photobacterium Lucibacterium Alteromonas Xenorhabdus lux DNA repair Luciferin Luciferase

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