Photobacterium phosphoreum

Photobacterium phosphoreum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Vibrionales
Family:	Vibrionaceae
Genus:	Photobacterium
Species:	P. phosphoreum
Binomial name
	Photobacterium phosphoreum; (Cohn 1878) Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms
	Vibrio phosphoreum;

Photobacterium phosphoreum is a Gram-negative, bioluminescent bacterium living in symbiosis with deep-sea marine organisms, such as anglerfish.^[1] It can emit bluish-green light (490 nm) due to a chemical reaction between FMN, luciferin and molecular oxygen catalysed by an enzyme called luciferase.

^ Ast, Jennifer C.; Dunlap, Paul V. (1 July 2005). "Phylogenetic resolution and habitat specificity of members of the Photobacterium phosphoreum species group". Environmental Microbiology. 7 (10): 1641–1654. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00859.x. ISSN 1462-2912.

[:0-1] Ast, Jennifer C.; Dunlap, Paul V. (1 July 2005). "Phylogenetic resolution and habitat specificity of members of the Photobacterium phosphoreum species group". Environmental Microbiology. 7 (10): 1641–1654. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00859.x. ISSN 1462-2912.

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