Luciferina oxidada

Norrköpings konstmuseum – 2018

Luciferina oxidada (in spanish) Is the name of an high intensive process of transformation in bioluminescence. It produces cold light in some insects, fungi, bacteria and in some species from the sea.

The oxidation phenomenon includes 2 molecules (luciferin and luciferase), oxygen and ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

There are various forms of bioluminescence, however, all with a common denominator: oxygen, thanks to which we can keep remembering