Bioluminescence is:

A. emission of flashes of light by organisms
B. capture of moonlight for nocturnal photosynthesis
C. light absorbed by other pigments and transferred to chlorophyll a
D. the fluorescing of Gram-positive bacteria
E. none of the other choices provided


A. emission of flashes of light by organisms

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a. true b. false

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