発はっ光こう菌きん

noun

luminous bacteria; photogenic fungi; Photobacterium

Technical term for bacteria or fungi that emit light. In biology, often refers to the genus Photobacterium, but can also describe bioluminescent fungi in broader contexts.

• 発はっ光こう菌きんの一いっ種しゅが、深しん海かいで青あお白じろく光ひかる。

  A type of luminous bacteria glows pale blue in the deep sea.

• このキノコは発はっ光こう菌きんの仲なか間まで、夜よるになるとほのかに光ひかる。

  This mushroom is a kind of photogenic fungus and glows faintly at night.