TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS FOR METABOLISM OF CHLORELLA
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- 20 September 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 18 (1) , 113-124
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.18.1.113
Abstract
The temperature characteristic for the rate of O2 consumption by Chlorella pyrenoidosa suspended in Knop solution containing 1 per cent glucose was studied between 1° and 27°C. with the Warburg technic. The value of µ was found to be about 19,000 ±1,000 cal. There is some indication of a critical temperature at 20°C., with shift to a lower µ above this temperature. The effect of sudden changes in temperature on the rate of respiration and the variation of the latter with time at constant temperatures are discussed. It is concluded that the "normal" respiration (in absence of external glucose) does not appear in the determination of this temperature characteristic.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: