Respiration The Pasteur Effect in Plants

Abstract

Since the reviews of the Pasteur effect by Dixon (1) and Burk (2), general interest in this problem seems to have declined, possibly because Burk assembled such a bewildering array of possible explanations of tlie effect as he defined it. Thomas (3) is one of the few plant physiologists to discuss it fully in a textbook which is rather unusual in serving as a platform for in­ terim publications of the work of his school. The present review will deal only with the Pasteur effect in plants and in particular will attempt to clarify a confused position and to discuss the concept of oxidative anabolism in the light of some recent papers.