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Certain exothermic chemical reactions produce light instead of heat. Chemiluminescent reactions also occur in living systems. The term usually used for light production from living systems is bioluminescence. Fireflies, bacteria, and other organisms produce bioluminescence.
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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Bioluminescenc. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_19
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