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Stimulation of luminescence of mycelium of luminous fungus Neonothopanus nambi by ionizing radiation
Author(s) -
Kobzeva Tatiana V.,
Melnikov Anatoly R.,
Karogodina Tatiana Y.,
Zikirin Samat B.,
Stass Dmitri V.,
Molin Yuri N.,
Rodicheva Emma K.,
Medvedeva Svetlana E.,
Puzyr Alexey P.,
Burov Andrey A.,
Bondar Vladimir S.,
Gitelson Joseph I.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
luminescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1522-7243
pISSN - 1522-7235
DOI - 10.1002/bio.2749
Subject(s) - bioluminescence , ionizing radiation , mycelium , luminescence , irradiation , fungus , stimulation , biophysics , chemistry , biology , materials science , botany , optoelectronics , physics , biochemistry , nuclear physics , neuroscience
This month's featured article; “Stimulation of luminescence of mycelium of luminous fungus Neonothopanus nambi by ionizing radiation” is a joint contribution from two experimental teams from Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The work demonstrates that a moderate dose of X‐irradiation reproducibly causes a substantial boost in light production from a wide range of samples of fungus with intrinsic bioluminescence. The observed features of this enhancement strongly support involvement of reactive oxygen species in fungal light production. The cover of this issue of Luminescence features images of intrinsic bioluminescence from globules of a luminous fungus N. nambi and kinetics of its stimulation by X‐irradiation.