Von Brand 1946 Biodynamica
| von Brand T (1946) Anaerobiosis in invertebrates. Biodynamica Monographs 4:328 pp. |
von Brand T (1946) Biodynamica
Abstract: The review of anaerobiosis in invertebrates presented in the following pages represents an attempt to give a comprehensive picture of a many-sided problem. It is divided into three parts: the first is devoted to a survey of the occurrence of anaerobiosis; in this part attention is given chiefly to ecological problems; the second deals with anaerobic metabolism and the third contains data on the adaptations of invertebrates to anoxic conditions and a discussion of the origin of their anaerobic functions. The monograph is written from the biological standpoint and thus intended primarily for ecologists and comparative physiologists. Biochemists who, until very recently, used almost exclusively vertebrate material or microorganisms for their work on anaerobiosis, may find this book helpful as a guide in the choice of new experimental animals.
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Selected quotations
- p 207: Trypanosoma lewisi .. Under anaerobic conditions one molecule of glucose is broken down into one molecule of succinic acid and probably one molecule of glycol. The latter is further transformed into acetic acid and ethyl alcohol, a process in which acetaldehyde is probably an intermediary. It should be noted that this anaerobic glucose decomposition proceeds only if the medium contains bicarbonate (Searle and Reiner, 1940, 1941). It appears that under anaerobic conditions carbon dioxide is consumed and that the amount consumed (from 0.25 to 1.0 mole per mole of glucose) is about equivalent to the amount of succinic acid produced.
- p 209: Tetraliymena gelei .. Thomas (1942) identified lactic, acetic and succinic asids as end products of the anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism of this organism. .. In phosphate buffer lactic acid predominates, while in bicarbonate media succinic acid is more abundantly formed.
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