The Rate and Extent of Anaerobic Decomposition of Sulfite Waste Liquor by Bacteria of Sea Water Mud.

group-oxyheme interaction energy being RT ln ,3 = 820 cal./mole. The total oxyheme-oxyheme interaction energy is about 6000 cal./mole, and the total acid group-oxyheme interaction energy is about 6600 cal./mole. The none too exact experiments on the carbon monoxide equilibrium and the carbon monoxide-oxygen balance of hemoglobin suggest that the interactions a and ,B are effective for carboxyhemoglobin as well as for oxyhemoglobin. On the other hand, the results of Anson and Mirsky6 on the carbon monoxide equilibrium of hemochromogen, which agree with Equation 1 with n = 1, show that there is no heme-heme interaction in the hemochromogen studied. It seems not improbable that the hemochromogens differ from hemoglobin mainly in that in the hemochromogens the hemes are independent and in hemoglobin four hemes form a conjugated system.