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Bacterial Growth and Antibiotics in Animal Respirometry

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Polarographic Oxygen Sensors

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The uncontrolled contribution of bacterial oxygen consumption in animal respirometry respresents a substantial problem and results in an ambiguous reading of the animal’s metabolic rate. This problem became especially important when the application of polarographic oxygen sensors (POS) made possible long-term measurements of the dynamics of an animal’s energy metabolism (which may be superimposed by bacterial growth). Bacterial growth is most rapid on free surfaces [42, 60] such as the inner walls of the animal chamber, but also in the stirring chamber of the POS, valves, connecting tubings, etc.

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Dalla Via, G.J. (1983). Bacterial Growth and Antibiotics in Animal Respirometry. In: Gnaiger, E., Forstner, H. (eds) Polarographic Oxygen Sensors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81863-9_20

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