1989
DOI: 10.1051/limn/1989018
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Validity of the empirical conversion factors for assessing bacterial production from3H thymidine incorporation rates

Abstract: Empirical factors for converting 3 H thymidine incorporation into bacterial production were determined from samples laken in a mesotrophic lake. Twenty five diluted water cultures were conducted at « in situ » temperature (4-22° C) from April 1987 to February 1989. The conversion factors varied through the year ; the average conversion factor was 6.29 x I0 9 cells (2-10.7) per nanomole of thymidine incorporated into cold TCA precipitate and 7.18 x 10 9 cells (3.47-10.7) nmoM, when corrected for the increase in… Show more

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“…To estimate bacterial production from 3H thymidine incorporation rates, we used the conservative conversion factor of 2.109 cells per nM thymidine incorporated into TCA insoluble precipitate (Fuhrman & Azam, 1982;Bell, 1988;Smits & Riemann, 1988), rather than the conversion factors calculated during the study from diluted water cultures in the exponential phase of growth (Lavandier & Faure, 1989). Indeed, if we consider that recent and converging estimates of cell carbon content (Bjornsen, 1986;Lee & Fuhrman, 1987 ;Simon & Azam, 1989) are valid, these empirical conversion factors (which varied through the year from 3.5 to 10.7 lo9 cells per nM thymidine incorporated) gave bacterial production estimates which represented about 60% of the primary production in spring and up to 1200 % in summer!…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To estimate bacterial production from 3H thymidine incorporation rates, we used the conservative conversion factor of 2.109 cells per nM thymidine incorporated into TCA insoluble precipitate (Fuhrman & Azam, 1982;Bell, 1988;Smits & Riemann, 1988), rather than the conversion factors calculated during the study from diluted water cultures in the exponential phase of growth (Lavandier & Faure, 1989). Indeed, if we consider that recent and converging estimates of cell carbon content (Bjornsen, 1986;Lee & Fuhrman, 1987 ;Simon & Azam, 1989) are valid, these empirical conversion factors (which varied through the year from 3.5 to 10.7 lo9 cells per nM thymidine incorporated) gave bacterial production estimates which represented about 60% of the primary production in spring and up to 1200 % in summer!…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%