[1] Quorum sensing allows the bacterium to communicate with autoinducers, a chemical signaling molecule that is secreted.

[2] Bioluminescence in bacteria is due to the reaction: FMNH− + H+ + RCHO + O2 → FMN + RCOOH + H2O + hν and is catalyzed by the enzyme luciferase.

A new luciferase was isolated from V. campbellii (Lux_Vc) and is similar to that of the Lux_Vh found in V. harveyi, but is more thermodynamically stable due to the binding of reduced FMN.

This is considered a rare phenotype in Vibrio and is thought to be caused by their exploitation of lateral gene transfer during adaptation.

The strain did contain hlyA gene which codes for hemolysin, an endotoxin found in most Vibrio species.