ASSAY OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL ACTIVITY IN DIESEL CONTAMINATED SOIL USING A C-14 GLUCOSE-UTILIZATION METHOD

Authors
HARRISON AB BETTS WB
Citation
Ab. Harrison et Wb. Betts, ASSAY OF BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL ACTIVITY IN DIESEL CONTAMINATED SOIL USING A C-14 GLUCOSE-UTILIZATION METHOD, Letters in applied microbiology, 23(1), 1996, pp. 43-46
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1996)23:1<43:AOBAFA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Changes in the relative metabolism of soil bacteria and fungi followin g contamination with diesel were assessed using a modified substrate-i nduced respiration (SIR) method including selective antibiotic inhibit ion. (CO2)-C-14 release from radiolabelled glucose was used as an indi cation of population activity. In a Sandy Gley Soil with no history of contamination, the population activity shifted from 38 +/- 4% (bacter ial) : 62 +/- 4% (fungal) to 73 +/- 4% (bacterial) : 27 +/- 4% (fungal ) after treatment with diesel.