A compound responsible for this phenomenon forms an unstable 1,2-dioxetane intermediate.
A compound responsible for this phenomenon forms an unstable 1,2-dioxetane intermediate. This phenomenon is displayed by bacteria found in an organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid in a textbook example of quorum sensing. Dinoflagellates can exhibit this phenomenon through a chlorophyll-derived tetrapyrrole. At high population densities, A. fischeri displays this phenomenon using a reduced flavin mononucleotide acted upon by an enzyme coded for by (*) luxA and luxB. Coelenterazine is a common cofactor for enzymes that cause this phenomenon such as the calcium-dependent aequorin. This phenomenon is typically reliant on the oxidation and decay of a luciferin after reaction with a luciferase. For 10 points, name this phenomenon exhibited by anglerfish and fireflies, in which an organism produces light.
A compound responsible for this phenomenon forms an unstable 1,2-dioxetane intermediate.
bioluminescence [accept chemiluminescence; prompt on luminescence or any answer indicating emission of light until "light" is read; do NOT accept an answer of "fluorescence" as none of the clues apply to it] 