THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN FOR LUMINESCENCE BY LUMINOUS BACTERIA

Open Access

20 September 1923

journal article
Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology

Vol. 6 (1), 13-19
https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.6.1.13

Abstract

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.

Keywords

DISSOLVED
EXTRAORDINARILY
MINIMUM CONCENTRATION
OXYGEN FOR LUMINESCENCE

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