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Conditions that influence bacterial luminescence in the presence of blood serum

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Conditions that influence the luminescence of natural and recombinant luminescent bacteria in the presence of blood serum were studied. In general, blood serum quenched the luminescence of the marine Photobacterium phosphoreum and the recombinant Escherichia coli strains harboring the luminescent system genes of Photobacterium leiognathi, but enhanced the luminescence of the soil bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens Zm1 and the recombinant E. coli strain harboring the lux operon of P. luminescens Zm1. The quenching effect of blood serum increased with its concentration and the time and temperature of incubation. The components of blood serum that determine the degree and specificity of its action on bacterial luminescence were identified.

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Translated from Mikrobiologiya, Vol. 74, No. 2, 2005, pp. 191–197.

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Deryabin, D.G., Polyakov, E.G. Conditions that influence bacterial luminescence in the presence of blood serum. Microbiology 74, 159–163 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11021-005-0046-3

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