Improvements in and Environmental Applications of Double-Vial Radiorespirometry for the Study of Microbial Mineralization

• Main Authors: McKinley, Vicky L., Federle, Thomas W., Vestal, J. Robie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Methods; Arctic; Arctic Lake
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC242262; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16346170

Several variations in the scintillation mixture and the filter paper arrangements for double-vial radiorespirometry were compared. Improved efficiencies (44%) and shorter response times were found by adding wetting agents and methanolic NaOH to the scintillation mixture in the filter paper. The scin...