Glowing Squid - Science Nation

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 device.“ 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 Wisconsin-Madison microb