Vadim Viviani

Jan 22, 2025 | mdpi.com | Vadim Viviani |Alessandra Freitas |de Arruda Souza |Alessandra Freitas Serain

1. IntroductionBioluminescence, the emission of light by living organisms, is commonly used as a communication mechanism among organisms [1,2], and humans have employed it for bioindication purposes. The firefly luciferin–luciferase system has been extensively used for ATP detection in microbiological contamination assays [3,4]. This system catalyzes light emission through the oxidation of a benzothiazolic luciferin in the presence of ATP and magnesium [4].