Photobacterium leiognathi is a species of Gram-negative bacteria. The species is bioluminescent and a symbiont of ponyfish (family Leiognathidae).[1][2]
| Photobacterium leiognathi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Vibrionales |
| Family: | Vibrionaceae |
| Genus: | Photobacterium |
| Species: | P. leiognathi
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| Binomial name | |
| Photobacterium leiognathi Boisvert et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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