Light production in the luminous fishes Photoblepharon and Anomalops from the Banda Islands
| Autor: | Frederick I. Tsuji, Yata Haneda |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
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Multidisciplinary
Luminescence biology Bacteria Ecology Flavin Mononucleotide Fishes Flavin mononucleotide Firefly Luciferin biology.organism_classification law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound Microscopy Electron chemistry law Indonesia Photoblepharon Botany Animals Seawater Electron microscope Luciferases |
| Zdroj: | Science (New York, N.Y.). 173(3992) |
| ISSN: | 0036-8075 |
| Popis: | The unresolved mechanism of light production in Photoblepharon and Anomalops has been reinvestigated in fresh and preserved material. Based on biochemical evidence obtained with emulsions and cell-free extracts of the organs, especially the stimulation of light with reduced flavin mononucleotide, and on electron microscopy of organ sections showing the presence of numerous bacteria, we conclude that the light is produced by symbiotic luminous bacteria. Because of the continuing failure to cultivate the luminous bacteria and because of their morphology, we suggest that the bacteria are of a primitive type called bacteroids. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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