The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 6, 13-19,
Copyright © 1923 by The Rockefeller University Press
THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF OXYGEN FOR LUMINESCENCE BY LUMINOUS BACTERIA
E. Newton Harvey 1 and
Thomas F. Morrison 1
1 From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.
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.
Submitted on July 9, 1923