Talk:Bioluminescence
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Can we get a reference for the note on quorum sensing? I'm only vaguely familiar with this topic, but my understanding was that bioluminescence can be modulated in response to quorum sensing mechanisms, and is used as a reporter of quorum sensing, but is not itself a mechanism. --Chinasaur 18:26, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I look back for one. I was getting a bit confused by this quorum sensing stuff. I was getting the feeling that bioluminescence was actually the primary communicator in some instances (or at least hypothesised so) - this is either the glow itself being sensed, or the chemical causing the glow being sensed.--ZayZayEM 03:06, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I really don't think so. Luminescence is just a behavior that is only active in the prescence of a quorum I'm pretty sure. --Chinasaur 09:34, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell signalling mechanism in which bacteria secrete hormone-like compounds called autoinducers, some bacteria use quorum sensing for activating biolumninescence
- Red light
Remeber saying that certain fish produce red light? Well animals that can produce red light like jellyfish and certain deep-sea fish are completely invisible because red light can't travel down here so anything in red is completely black. This is a great camouflage and a hunting tool. Shrimps and copepods are in red but predators with bacteria that can produce red light can easily find animals that have red coloring or pigments.
[edit] cabbage
according to http://www.gullible.info/archive.php?m=2006-08 , the second line of August 30 (end of page), "Cabbage is mildly phosphorescent." Anybody know anythnig about this? Slithytove2 22:51, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- are you familliar with the definition of the word gullible? --Deglr6328 04:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] consistency error
It says there are four main theories of reasons for bioluminescence, but then it lists five different reasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.197.211 (talk) 05:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thanks. Rivertorch (talk) 14:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
