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Bioluminescent Marine Bacterium Vibrio fischeri
Caption:
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.
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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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Categories:
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES / Integrative Biology
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Restrictions:
No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".
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