The opportunity to annotate the genome of the glow-in-the-dark bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, which lives in symbiotic harmony within the light organ of the bobtail squid, has helped a Virginia Tech ...

Relationships where two organisms depend on each other, known as symbiosis, evoke images of partnership and cooperation. But a new study shows that, when it comes to certain microorganisms, symbiotic ...

THE Japanese bobtail squid and luminescent marine bacteria live in blissful harmony: the bacteria have a home in the squid’s light organ while producing for the squid rippling patterns of light ...