Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine...
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Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a technology developed over the past decades (1990's and onward).[when?] that allows for the noninvasive study of ongoing...
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Foxfire (redirect from Foxfire (bioluminescence))
Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire, is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green...
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that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the...
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possess photophores, luminous organs, and exhibit intrinsic bioluminescence. Bioluminescence evolved once in Squaliformes, approximately 111–153 million...
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Pyrosome (section Bioluminescence)
"body". Although many planktonic organisms are bioluminescent, pyrosome bioluminescence is unusual in its brilliance and sustained light emission, and evoked...
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Stomiidae (section Bioluminescence in Stomiidae)
that can produce their own light through a chemical process known as bioluminescence. A special organ known as a photophore helps produce this light. The...
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bioluminescence is an honest aposematic warning signal to predators. Light production in fireflies is due to the chemical process of bioluminescence....
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Luciferase (category Bioluminescence)
is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes that produce bioluminescence, and is usually distinguished from a photoprotein. The name was first...
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Omphalotus nidiformis Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment...
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