Autoinduction of light emission in different species of bioluminescent bacteria

Luminescence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-9

  Meighen, Edward A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoinduction; Bioluminescent bacteria; Lux genes; Vibrio (Photobacterium) fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

AUTOINDUCTION; BACTERIAL SPECIES; BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA; CELLULAR GROWTH; HIGH CELL DENSITY; LUMINESCENT BACTERIA; LUX GENE; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; PHOTOBACTERIA; VIBRIO (PHOTOBACTERIUM) FISCHERI;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIBRIO;

LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO;

EID: 0032600275     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7243(199901/02)14:1<3::AID-BIO507>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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