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This is because of the same compounds present in them, akin to fireflies, which is luciferin and luciferase.

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Research began by studying the ringless honey fungus, which infects trees and damages wood. This fungus often harms the trees, but some strains produce a substance called luciferin. This liquid ...

The varied substrates are known as luciferins. Luciferase catalyses the chemical reaction between luciferins and oxygen. During this chemical reaction, the luciferin molecule is oxidised, producing ...

After 8 h culture, 0.5 mM D-luciferin (Sigma-Aldrich) was added to each well, and the fluorescence intensity was measured by luminometric measurement on a microplate reader after 10 min. The ...