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THE rate of oxygen consumption by a bacterial suspension can be measured by observing the change in concentration of oxygen in the air in contact with the culture or dissolved in the suspension. The rate of consumption is known as the oxygen demand rate which Gaden1 defines as the maximum use of oxygen by a culture in an ideal environment. Oxygen utilization is defined by the author as the terminal use of oxygen in respiration, that is, the formation of water. In this investigation both oxygen demand and oxygen utilization of a culture of Pseudomonas fluorescens during respiration only were simultaneously measured.
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ARTHUR, R. Comparison of Oxygen Demand Rates and Oxygen Utilization Rates. Nature 209, 104–105 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209104b0
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