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WE have studied the relation between the oxygen consumption and the light intensity of a suspension of luminous bacteria (Photobacterium phosphoreum) by measuring simultaneously, at different concentrations of potassium cyanide, the oxygen consumption by the ordinary Warburg method and the light intensity with the aid of a photometric method.
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VAN SCHOUWENBURG, K., EYMERS, J. Quantum Relationship of the Light-emitting Process of Luminous Bacteria. Nature 138, 245 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138245a0
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