Photobacterium phosphoreum

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Photobacterium phosphoreum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
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.