The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 36, 521-533,
Copyright, 1922, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIA AND BACTERIA
Edmund V. Cowdry Ph.D.1 and
Peter K. Olitsky M.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
A direct comparison of mitochondria and bacteria in the living condition, as well as in permanent preparations, subjected to the same influences, and viewed side by side, reveals microchemical and tinctorial differences which can only be attributed to a fundamental dissimilarity in their chemical constitution.
Submitted on June 9, 1922