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IN a study of the respiration of soils at temperatures ranging from 10° to 70°C, it was found that oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide evolution increased with increasing temperature above 50° C. 1. The decline in plate counts at the higher temperatures indicated a gas exchange due to heat-stable enzymes or chemical oxidation and decarboxylation.
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BUNT, J., ROVIRA, A. Oxygen Uptake and Carbon Dioxide Evolution of Heat-sterilized Soil. Nature 173, 1242 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731242a0
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