Mystery AtlasVibrio harveyi Bioluminescence Hypothesis
The leading scientific explanation for milky seas: colonies of the luminous marine bacterium Vibrio harveyi, growing on a large algal bloom, reach a critical population density and switch on continuous bioluminescence together through quorum sensing.
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Vibrio harveyi Bioluminescence Hypothesis attempts to explain Milky Sea Phenomenon — Well supported by 1985 water-sample evidence and quorum-sensing research, but the biological identity of most milky-sea events remains formally unconfirmed since only that single direct sample has ever been taken.
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Vibrio harveyi Bioluminescence Hypothesis attempts to explain SS Lima 1995 Milky Sea Sighting.