Science Nation Glowing Squid

The Hawaiian bobtail squid and its resident bacterium, Vibrio fischeri, have a powerful and still somewhat mysterious symbiotic relationship. The luminescent bacteria populate a small pouch on the squid s underside called the light organ, and provide a sort of Klingon cloaking They produce light at night to offset the squid s shadow and hide it from predators when it approaches the ocean s surface to feed. With support from the National Science Foundation, University of WisconsinMadison microb