The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 39, 347-355,
Copyright, 1924, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
STUDIES ON OXIDATION AND REDUCTION BY PNEUMOCOCCUS
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I. PRODUCTION OF PEROXIDE BY ANAEROBIC CULTURES OF PNEUMOCOCCUS ON EXPOSURE TO AIR UNDER CONDITIONS NOT PERMITTING ACTIVE GROWTH.
Oswald T. Avery M.D.1 and
James M. Neill Ph.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
1. Anaerobically grown pneumococci rapidly form peroxide upon exposure to molecular oxygen.
2. The peroxide-forming activity of pneumococci varies with different strains, and with the age of the cell.
3. Peroxide production by pneumococcus can proceed under conditions of reaction and temperature that do not permit active growth and multiplication of the cell.
Submitted on October 10, 1923