Production of light by living organisms as a result of chemical reactions. Organisms that produce bioluminescence or “living light” include bacteria, dinoflagellates, fungi, jellyfish, worms, insects, crustaceans, millipedes, squid, and fish. Bioluminescence is common in some sea creatures, but rare in organisms found on land apart from fireflies.
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy.
These are two distinctly separate processes where visible light is emitted from living species. Bioluminescence is the emission of visible light either voluntarily or involuntarily ...
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