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PHYSIOLOGISTS will welcome a summary (“Physiological Studies of Single Plant Cells”, by W. J. V. Osterhout, Biological Reviews, vol. 6, pp. 369–411) of the extensive literature on the algæ Valonia and Nitella by one who has been so intimately associated with this work. The bibliography is a formidable one comprising 227 citations. The data obtained by three types of experimental procedure, namely, (1) chemical analysis, (2) measurement of potential differences at various boundary surfaces by the use of single cells suitably arranged to procure the desired electrical circuit, (3) measurement of electrical resistance or capacitance, are discussed.
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Physiological Studies of Single Plant Cells. Nature 129, 659 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129659a0
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