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Acquisition of bioluminescent trait by non-luminous organisms from luminous organisms through various origins.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology - 1 Nov 2021
Ramesh Chatragadda, Bessho-Uehara Manabu
Abstract excerpt
Bioluminescence is a natural light emitting phenomenon that occurs due to a chemical reaction between luciferin and luciferase. It is primarily an innate and inherited trait in most terrestrial luminous organisms. However, most luminous organisms produce light in the ocean by acquiring luminous symbionts, luciferin (substrate), and/or luciferase (enzyme) through various transmission pathways. For instance,...
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