The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 16, 65-73,
Copyright © 1932 by The Rockefeller University Press
TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC FOR THE ANAEROBIC PRODUCTION OF CO2 BY GERMINATING SEEDS OF LUPINUS ALBUS
Pei-Sung Tang 1
1 From the Laboratory of General Physiology, Harvard University, Cambridge
The rate of anaerobic production of CO2 by germinating seeds of Lupinus albus was studied as a function of temperature between 7.5° and 18°C. The mean value for the temperature characteristic was found to be 21,500± calories, which is slightly lower than that for the same process under aerobic conditions (23,500± calories). The values for the individual µ's in the two cases overlap considerably. The possible identity of the processes underlying the production of CO2 aerobically and anaerobically is discussed.
Accepted on May 23, 1932