Jaffe Lionel F
The Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
Luminescence. 2005 Nov-Dec;20(6):414-8. doi: 10.1002/bio.866.
Fucus zygotes can be polarized by many environmental vectors. These include those created by pieces of all the intertidal marine plants tested. At distances of up to 5-10 mm away from such pieces, Fucus zygotes form their intitial outgrowths or germinate towards them. Earlier papers had inferred that this so-called 'thallus effect' is mediated by diffusing molecules. The present reinvestigation indicates that the thallus effect is exerted by influences that can go right through glass barriers. This indicates action via luminescence. This luminescence may come from bacteria growing in biofilms on the similar surfaces of these otherwise unrelated source plants. Moreover, this directive luminescence is inferred to lie at wavelengths in the red or longer and may take the form of more or less coherent biophotons.
墨角藻合子可被多种环境因素极化。这些因素包括所有受试潮间带海洋植物碎片所产生的因素。在距离此类碎片达5 - 10毫米的范围内，墨角藻合子会形成最初的生长物或朝着它们发芽。早期的论文推断，这种所谓的“叶状体效应”是由扩散分子介导的。目前的重新研究表明，叶状体效应是由能够穿透玻璃屏障的影响所施加的。这表明是通过发光起作用。这种发光可能来自生长在这些原本不相关的源植物相似表面生物膜中的细菌。此外，这种定向发光被推断位于红色或更长波长，并且可能采取或多或少相干的生物光子的形式。
