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Dioxygen Toxicity

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Biochemistry of Dioxygen

Part of the book series: Biochemistry of the Elements ((BOTE,volume 4))

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We are so accustomed to an aerobic life that we tend to forget that dioxygen and some of the partial reduction products of dioxygen can be very dangerous chemicals. Organisms that require dioxygen commonly require it within relatively narrow limits of concentration. Too high a concentration of dioxygen can be just as lethal to the organism as too low a concentration. Many obligate anaerobes can be killed by dioxygen levels slightly above very low threshold concentrations.

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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Dioxygen Toxicity. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_20

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