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Volume 6, Issue 1
20 September 1923
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Article| September 20 1923

THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN FOR LUMINESCENCE BY LUMINOUS BACTERIA

E. Newton Harvey,
E. Newton Harvey
From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.
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Thomas F. Morrison
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E. Newton Harvey
From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.
Thomas F. Morrison
From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.
Received: July 09 1923
Online ISSN: 1540-7748
Print ISSN: 0022-1295
Copyright, 1923, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1923
J Gen Physiol (1923) 6 (1): 13–19.
https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.6.1.13
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July 09 1923

A method is described for measuring the concentration of oxygen to allow just perceptible luminescence of luminous bacteria. The value turns out to be extraordinarily low, about 0.005 mm. Hg pressure O2 or 1 part by weight oxygen dissolved in 3,700,000,000 cc. sea water.

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