Plants need oxygen to perform cellular respiration. Plants absorb oxygen through their roots. Past research has shown that reducing the concentration of oxygen in the rootzone of hydroponically grown rose plants will compromise the plants’ ability to absorb nitrate and water, although this effect has not been quantified. The objective of this research was to quantify the effects of different ox...

Oxygen tension in the suspension medium and oxygen uptake of the isolated diaphragm of the mouse have been determined simultaneously with systematic variation of shaking frequency and oxygen concentration of the gas phase. Oxygen tension in the suspension medium reaches its final value during the usual equilibration period of 10 minutes and remains constant for the whole measuring period. Each ...

The respiratory burst of human neutrophils was measured under conditions of hypoxia and low pH. O2 -- production by neutrophils activated with opsonized zymosan fell slowly as the oxygen concentration declined to 1%, then dropped more sharply, reaching negligible levels at oxygen concentrations less than 0.25%. Production was half maximal at an oxygen concentration of 0.35% (equivalent to appro...

Spontaneous aggregations of flagellates are formed under the cover-glass because the organisms are attracted to and remain in regions where the concentration of dissolved oxygen is less than the saturation concentration under atmospheric partial pressure. These regions of lessened oxygen content arise towards the center of the liquid beneath the cover-glass, owing to the oxygen consumed by the ...

Magnetotactic bacteria orient and migrate along geomagnetic field lines. Magneto-aerotaxis increases the efficiency of respiring microaerophilic cells to efficiently find and maintain a position at a preferred microaerobic oxygen concentration. Magneto-aerotaxis could also facilitate access to regions of higher nutrient and electron acceptor concentration via periodic excursions above and below...

On the basis of experimental data a kinetic model for the heterogeneous interaction between alkylperoxyradicals and organic compounds in Langmuir- Hinshelwood approach at room temperature has been offered.The effect of oxygen on the kinetics of process in the presence, [O2]o = 1 x 1011 – 1.6 x 1012 molecules.cm-2, and absence of oxygen has been analyzed. Over time the chain degenerate branching...

AIM We studied whether available oxygen without induced mechanical stretch regulates the release of the biologically active B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) from Langendorff heart. METHODS Rat hearts were isolated and perfused with a physiological Krebs-Henseleit solution at a constant hydrostatic pressure in Langendorff set-up. The basal O2 level of perfusate (24.4 ± 0.04 mg L-1 ) was gradua...

Microbial fuel cell represents an emerging technology to attain electrical energy from wastewater. There are several alternative methods available for wastewater treatment; Microbial fuel cell is one of them, which generates green energy from wastewater for making a contribution to renewable sources of energy. This study states the performance of microbial fuel cell with different parameters i....

Measuring or predicting the distribution of oxygen concentration in waste rock underneath a soil cover is an important aspect of cover performance evaluation. The oxygen decay coefficient is a key parameter in the prediction. In the present study, a method calculating oxygen decay coefficient from oxygen consumption rate is developed. The decrease in oxygen concentration over time measured abov...