[Effect of phenobarbital on the luminescence system of luminous bacteria].

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[Effect of phenobarbital on the luminescence system of luminous bacteria].

Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000

Vysotskiĭ E S, Zavoruev V V, Mezhevikin V V

Abstract excerpt

The effect of phenobarbital on the luminescent system of Beneckea harveyi was studied. The inhibition of luminescence with phenobarbital was shown to be due to a disorder in the synthesis of an aldehyde factor, the endogenous substrate of bacterial luciferase. Upon the action of phenobarbital, th...

Topics

Aldehydes
Enzyme Induction
Luciferases
Luminescent Measurements
Mutation
Phenobarbital
Vibrio
Vibrionaceae

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