THE SPONTANEOUS ULTRAWEAK LUMINESCENCE OF LIVING SYSTEMS

The results of experimental research on ultraweak photon emission carr ied out at the Institute of Physics, Catania University, are presented here. A correlation has been demonstrated to exist between photon emi ssion and growth activity in the germination of soya seeds and also du ring the exponential phase of the growth of yeast cell cultures. In ad dition an experiment on the self irradiation of yeast cells is reporte d that confirms the mitogenetic effect hypothesized by Gurwitsch.