Bacterial Growth Rate in the Sea: Direct Analysis by Thymidine Autoradiography

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Brock, Thomas D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1967
• Subjects: Long Island; Long Island Sound; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3758.81; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.155.3758.81

Autoradiography with tritiated thymidine was used to study microbial growth directly in nature. The epiphyte Leucothrix mucor was used since it is a large filamentous bacterium with a characteristic morphology making it recognizable in natural collections. The technique was developed initially with...