Bacteria can shine both on land and underwater. They can live independently in seawater or sand, or inside a bigger organism. For instance, bobtail squid host bioluminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri) ...

Thanks to the bioluminescent bacteria inhabiting its light organ, the vividly colored southern bobtail squid (Euprymna tasmanica) can glow in the dark. A long-term study finds that moon cycles and ...

One innovative approach to assessing the toxicity of chemical mixtures involves the use of bioluminescent bacteria. A study demonstrated that freeze-dried bioluminescent bacteria, specifically ...

The end of the lure lights up thanks to bioluminescent bacteria living inside of the angler fish. This symbiotic relationship between fish and bacteria probably came about by a chance encounter ...

coli to bioluminescence when they encounter the compound heme, an indicator of bleeding, in the guts of pigs. Packaged within a capsule 1.5 inches in length, the bacteria and electronics alerted the ...