The hydrogen peroxide is expected to only slightly reduce the light given off by the bioluminescent bacteria. We also bought hydrogen peroxide at the grocery store. Kenneth Thomulka only used Photobacterium phosophoreum in his experimants so when we test Vibrio harveyi we may find slightly different test results, because V. harveyi more sensitive for some chemicals. We will also be using this Photobacterium phsophoreum as a control. Using these chemicals we expect the bioluminescence to act a certain way.
Sodium hypochlorite is a strong oxidizing agent.
We believe it will reduce the bioluminescence. Hydrogen peroxide is also an oxidizing agent, so it should reduce the Vibrio harveyi. We believe that cupric sulfate will reduce the bioluminescence at all. We picked spots that were fairly easy to get to and by their flow rate. All of our seven spots varied in different ways.