The respiration of the Suspension of the respiration of the suspension of yeast cells was measured by observing the decrease in pressure of gas above the cell suspension. The apparatus show that the gas was confined to a constant volume, 16.0 ml and the entire pressure change was caused by uptake of oxygen by the cells. The pressure was measured in a manometer. the fluid of which had a density of 1.034 `g//cm^(3)`. The entire apparatus was immersed in a thermostat at `37^(@)C` in a 30 min observation period the fluid in the open side of the a manometer dropped 37 mm. Neglecting the solubility of oxygen in the yeast suspension compute the rate of oxygen consumption by the cells in `mm^(3)` of `O_(2)` (S.T.P.) per hour.

Explanation

`1.0xx10^(2) mm^(3)`