Noctiluca scintillans, also known as sea sparkle, is one such bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Why Does Bioluminescent Algae Glow? Bioluminescent algae produces luciferin and luciferase.

Dinoflagellates produce their blue light using a luciferin-luciferase reaction, ... Of the 17 dinoflagellate toxin classes, two are produced by bioluminescent species, ...

An international team of researchers including those at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Southampton, U.K., unlocked the secrets ...

The top result for this search was an article published by Reuters in May 2021 entitled: "Fact Check-Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine does not contain luciferin or luciferase." ...

Fun With Luciferase. Courtesy of RobmarCommon sense says that biotechnology is not child's play, but to former surgeon Bruce Bryan, it is. Bryan founded Pinetop, Ariz.-based Prolume to develop a line ...

You need some sort of luciferin, a molecule that can emit light. And you need an enzyme, luciferase, to trigger that reaction like the snapping of a glowstick.

Fireflies need luciferin, luciferase, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and magnesium to light up. (Image credit: Ali Majdfar via Getty Images) Glowing starts early for fireflies.

The gene, discovered in a tiny marine organism called a dinoflagellate (Karlodinium veneficum), ... containing a combination of luciferin and luciferase ...

Oxygen oxidizes the luciferin molecules, while luciferase accelerates the reaction and releases excess energy as light without generating heat. ... Of the 17 dinoflagellate toxin classes, ...