Conversion factors relating thymidine uptake to growth rate with rhizosphere bacteria

  • H. Christensen
Part of the Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research book series (BSAR, volume 14)

Abstract

Growth rates of some rhizosphere bacteria can be measured by the use of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) labelling. However fluorescent pseudomonads of soil origin were found to incorporate little or no 3H-TdR into DNA. The conversion factor relating cellular growth rate to 3H-TdR incorporation for exponentially growing cultures of non-pseudomonads was about 2 × 1018 cells mole TdR-1. This value is comparable to constants used in aquatic environments.

Key words

bacteria DNA empirical growth rate Pseudomonas 

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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

Authors and Affiliations

  • H. Christensen
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  1. 1.Institute of Population BiologyCopenhagen UniversityCopenhagen ØDenmark

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