The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Title:: Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: I. Production of Peroxide by Anaerobic Cultures of Pneumococcus on Exposure to Air under Conditions Not Permitting Active Growth
Description:: The fact that peroxide formed and accumulated in cultural fluids in which pneumococcus grew led to this series of articles from 1923 to 1925 on certain oxidation-reduction phenomena of the pneumococcus cell. For their research, Avery and Neill utilized sterile extracts of pneumococci in order to obtain information that was relatively uncomplicated by the presence of cell growth. This is one of eight articles reporting on specific results of the research which used two types cell extracts that were prepared from "unwashed" or "washed" bacteria concentrates.; Item is a photocopy.
Number of Image Pages:: 9 (785,576 Bytes)
Date:: 1924-02 (February 1924)
Creator:: Avery, Oswald T.; Neill, James M.
Source:: Periodical: Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: I. Production of Peroxide by Anaerobic Cultures of Pneumococcus on Exposure to Air under Conditions Not Permitting Active Growth." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 3 (February 1924): 347-355. Article. 9 Images.
Publisher:: Rockefeller University Press
Rights:: Reproduced from the Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1924, 39, 347-355, by copyright permission of the Rockefeller University Press.
Exhibit Category:: The "Sugar-Coated Microbe" and the Search for a Cure for Pneumonia, 1919-1929
Relation:: Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: II. The Production of Peroxide by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus (February 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: III. Reduction of Methylene Blue by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus (March 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: IV. Oxidation of Hemotoxin in Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus (April 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: V. The Destruction of Oxyhemoglobin by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus (April 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VI. The Oxidation of Enzymes in Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus (September 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VII. Enzyme Activity of Sterile Filtrates of Aerobic and Anaerobic Cultures of Pneumococcus (September 1924); Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VIII. Nature of the Oxidation-Reduction Systems in Sterile Pneumococcus Extracts (January 1925)
Unique Identifier:: CCGMGS
Document Type:: Articles
Language:: English
Format:: application/pdf; image/tif
Physical Condition:: Good
Folder: [Selected articles collected by NLM]
Metadata Last Modified Date:: 2007-01-31

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