Photobacterium leiognathi

Photobacterium leiognathi is a species of Gram-negative bacteria. The species is bioluminescent and a symbiont of ponyfish (family Leiognathidae).[1][2]

Photobacterium leiognathi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Vibrionales
Family:
Vibrionaceae
Genus:
Photobacterium
Species:
P. leiognathi
Binomial name
Photobacterium leiognathi

References
  1. LEE, Chan Yong; SZITTNER, Rose B.; MEIGHEN, Edward A. (October 1991). "The lux gene of the luminous bacterial symbiont, Photobacterium leiognathi, of the ponyfish. Nucleotide sequence, difference in gene organization, and high expression in mutant Escherichia coli". European Journal of Biochemistry. 201 (1): 161–167. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16269.x.
  2. Dunlap, Paul V. (February 1985). "Osmotic control of luminescence and growth in Photobacterium leiognathi from ponyfish light organs". Archives of Microbiology. 141 (1): 44–50. doi:10.1007/BF00446738.


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