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^Estimated or calculated from available data. 

 ''Initial concentration. 

 ^Final concentration. 

 Decrease in log of molar concentration of oxidized 



cytochrome c par minute for 1:150 tissue dilution. 

 ^Decreose in log of molar concentration of reduced 



cytochrome c per minute for 1:100 tissua dilution. 



*^AIog [cytochrome c]/mg 

 8-A log [ferricytochrome 

 ^Moles substrote convert 



oxoplasm, protein = to 



protein of non-collager ,._ 



'A log [ferricytochrome cl/mq. prote' 

 lA log [CyFe+*]/min. 



_. wet wt./min. 



_^^_ _, ! c]/mg. protein/min. 



"Moles substrote converted/kilo protein/hour (Fo 

 oxoplasm, protein = total protein; for sheath, 

 protein of non-collagenous component). 



n/m 



^Activity/mg. N when standard activity - 

 A log (CyFe**) final tissue dilution 



SI " Ti50 ■ 



^ Activity/mg. protein when activity = 

 Alog [cytochrome c] 



At (min.) 



^mli moles cytochrome c reduced (mg. N) ^ min. ^ 

 "mM moles DPNH oxidized (mg. N)~^ min. ^ 

 °mtJ. moles cytochrome c oxidized (mg. N) ' min."' 

 ^Moles cytochrome c reduced/mg. tissue/5 min. a 

 10°C. (extinction coefficient of reduced cyto- 

 chrome c taken as 2.8 x 10~' cm.'/mol.}. 



''O. D. of clear supernotant when measured ot 520 m^ 



'A 0. D./mg. protetn/min. 



= Molos DPN reduced/g.wet wt./hr. 



'Additional respiratory data on invertebrate tissues 



present in original paper and not included in 



Section 2. 



