Biochemical Journal · 1911 · 18 citations · 0 references
Life SciencesBiologyMicrobiologyBacteriologyMicrobial EcologyMicrobial PhysiologyAnaerobic BacteriologyBacterial CultivationBacterial GrowthExtrinsic Factors Affecting Microbial GrowthIntrinsic Factors Affecting Microbial GrowthMicrobial GrowthAerobic CultureAerobic GrowthAtmospheric Effects On GrowthGrowth In Defined MediaMicroaerophilic CultureMicroaerophilic GrowthMicrobial Growth KineticsOxygen Effects On Growth
In a previous paper,2 we have described experiments showing that the Bacillus tuberculosis will only grow between certain percentages of oxygen in the atmosphere to which it is exposed, and is killed either by absence of oxygeni or by over eighty per cent. of oxygen. In other words, a partial pressure of oxygeni of about 600 mii. of mercury is fatal to Bac'illus tuberculosi's equally with a very low pressure.