14C-most-probable-number method for enumeration of active heterotrophic microorganisms in natural waters.
AUTOR(ES)
Lehmicke, L G
RESUMO
A most-probable-number method using 14C-labeled substrates is described for the enumeration of aquatic populations of heterotrophic microorganisms. Natural populations of microorganisms are inoculated into dilution replicates prepared from the natural water from which the organisms originated. The natural water is supplemented with a 14C-labeled compound added so as to approximate a true environmental concentration. 14CO2 evolved by individual replicates is trapped in NaOH and counted by liquid scintillation techniques for use in scoring replicates as positive or negative. Positives (14CO2 evolution) are easily distinguished from negatives (no 14CO2 evolution). The results from a variety of environments using the 14CO2 procedure agreed well with previously described methods, in most instances. The 14C-most-probable-number method described here reduces handling procedures over previously described most-probable-number procedures using 14C-labeled substrates. It also appears to have advantages over other enumeration methods in its attempt to approximate natural conditions more closely.
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