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Bioluminescent Marine Bacterium Vibrio fischeri

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Colonies of the bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. The photograph on the left of colonies growing on agar was taken with a light source. The photograph of the colonies on the right was taken using their own bioluminescence as a light source. [See related images: Bioluminescent Sepiolid Squid, Squid Egg Mass, and Ventral Dissection of Sepiolid Squid.]
NSF supported researchers are studying the relationship between the Hawaiian sepiolid squid Euprymna scolopes and its luminous bacterial partner Vibrio fischeri. Although all animals have beneficial associations with microbes, the association between Euprymna scolopes and Vibrio fischeri is the only experimental model available to biologists so far.

Bioluminescent Marine Bacterium <I>Vibrio fischeri</I>
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Credit: Courtesy J. W. Hastings, Harvard University, through E. G. Ruby, University of Hawaii
Year of Image: 1975

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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / Integrative Biology

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