title: TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE METABOLISM OF CHLORELLA : II. THE RATE OF RESPIRATION OF CULTURES OF CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AND OF TEMPERATURE.
abstract: The respiration of the green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa, suspended in Knop's solution, has been studied in the dark as a function of time and of temperature. The rates of oxygen consumption and of carbon dioxide production (at constant temperature) decline for about 25 hours to a low, constant level. From an analysis of the curves it is suggested that two substances, A and B, are utilized, whose respiratory quotients are 1 and 0.65 respectively. The values of the temperature characteristics were found to be: for oxidation of A, 19,500 (0.6 to 11.5 degrees C.) and 3,500 (11.5 to 28 degrees C.); for oxidation of B, 5,600 (23.4 to 0.6 degrees C.).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of General Physiology, Harvard University, Cambridge.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Tang