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In Situ Measurement and Correlation of Cell Density and Light Emission of Bioluminescent Bacteria
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海洋動物の発光のバクテリア起源

G Leisman, D H Cohn, K H Nealson

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |June 13, 1980
    PubMed
    まとめ

    スクイードや魚のような海洋動物における生物発光は,共生細菌から生じる可能性が高い. 研究者は,彼らのルシフェラーゼが,アノマロピド魚を除いて,フォトバクテリアの細菌に似ていることを発見しました.

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