Use of radiolabelled thymidine and leucine to estimate bacterial production in soils from continental antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 694-701

  Tibbles, Brian Jonathan ^a   Harris, Jean Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA SYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0030059835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.694-701.1996     Document Type: Article

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