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SOME SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM OF THE POLYNOID WORMS
Author(s) -
Lecuyer B.,
Arrio B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1975.tb06738.x
Subject(s) - bioluminescence , fluorescence , flavin group , chemistry , ion , particulates , photochemistry , biophysics , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , environmental chemistry , optics , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , enzyme
— The bioluminescence emission spectrum of the light emitted from the elytra of certain poly‐noid worms is similar to the fluorescence of the scales and to the fluorescence of flavins. In extracts the fluorescence is confined to the particulate fraction. Stimulation of bioluminescence from such particles was observed upon the addition of Fe 2+ ions.