THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN FOR LUMINESCENCE BY LUMINOUS BACTERIA

Harvey , E. Newton; Morrison , Thomas F.

doi:10.1085/jgp.6.1.13

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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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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

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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