L. Adamcikova et P. Sevcik, THE BLUE BOTTLE EXPERIMENT AND PATTERN-FORMATION IN THIS SYSTEM, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 52(8-9), 1997, pp. 650-654
The methylene blue - saccharide - NaOH system, the so-called ''Blue Bo
ttle'' experiment was investigated. When this system is poured into an
open petri dish, spatial structures start to generate after an induct
ion period. The induction period increases in the order of xylose < gl
ucose < galactose < arabinose < mannose.