biofluoresce
verbEtymology From bio- + fluoresce.
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To exhibit biofluorescence
- Marine organisms biofluoresce by absorbing the dominant blue light, and reemitting it at a longer, lower energy wavelength, visually resulting in green, orange, and red fluorescence.2015 November 12, “Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Related terms
- biofluorescent, biofluorescence, biofluorescently, bioluminesce