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Effects of Temperature and Tension on Oxygen Toxicity for the Protozoa of Cryptocercus
Author(s) -
CLEVELAND L. R.,
BURKE ARTHUR W.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1956.tb02436.x
Subject(s) - oxygen tension , oxygen , oxygen toxicity , toxicity , tension (geology) , high tension , protozoa , constant (computer programming) , chemistry , biology , thermodynamics , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , composite material , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language , compression (physics)
SUMMARY. At any given temperature level, the rate of oxygen poisoning increases proportionally with an increase in oxygen tension. But the toxicity of oxygen does not bear a proportional relationship to temperature. At a constant low tension, it is more toxic at low temperatures than at high ones and, at a constant high tension, it is less toxic at low temperatures than at high ones.