Title of article
Measurement of ATP in soil: correcting for incomplete recovery
Author/Authors
Contin، نويسنده , , M and Jenkinson، نويسنده , , D.S and Brookes، نويسنده , , P.C، نويسنده ,
Pages
3
From page
1381
To page
1383
Abstract
Martens [Soil Biol. Biochem. 33 (2001) 701] recently reported that Jenkinson and Oades [Soil Biol. Biochem. 11 (1979) 193] method for measuring adenosine 5′ triphosphate (ATP) in soil leads to serious underestimations. We have now compared the Jenkinson and Oades extraction technique, which corrects for incomplete extraction of ATP by reference to a ‘spike’ of added ATP, with a sequential extraction procedure as used by Martens. Measurements of the ATP contents of four soils by the two procedures showed no significant differences, in contrast to Martensʹ findings.
Keywords
Biomass ATP concentrations , Soil ATP
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
1993813
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