The light is caused by a chemical reaction that happens inside the dinoflagellate. A chemical called luciferin is responsible for the glow. Luciferin is similar to the green chlorophyll in the leaves ...
Luciferin is the compound that generates light ... What's the secret to its glow? In the 19th century, French pharmacologist Raphaël Dubois, working with bioluminescent clams, discovered that ...
A substance called luciferin is oxidized using the catalyst enzyme luciferase, magnesium ions and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to produce oxyluciferin and energy in the form of light. Although ...
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