The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 6, 299-306,
Copyright © 1924 by The Rockefeller University Press
THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHATES ON RESPIRATION
Charles J. Lyon 1
1 From the Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, and from the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.
Phosphate accelerates both aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The acceleration almost disappears when the plant dies (in phosphate solution) but subsequently becomes greater than in life.
Submitted on November 21, 1923