Rapid Method for the Radioisotopic Analysis of Gaseous End Products of Anaerobic Metabolism

AUTOR(ES)

Nelson, David R.

RESUMO

A gas chromatographic procedure for the simultaneous analysis of 14C-labeled and unlabeled metabolic gases from microbial methanogenic systems is described. H2, CH4, and CO2 were separated within 2.5 min on a Carbosieve B column and were detected by thermal conductivity. Detector effluents were channeled into a gas proportional counter for measurement of radioactivity. This method was more rapid, sensitive, and convenient than gas chromatography-liquid scintillation techniques. The gas chromatography-gas proportional counting procedure was used to characterize the microbial decomposition of organic matter in anaerobic lake sediments and to monitor 14CH4 formation from H2 and 14CO2 by Methanosarcina barkeri.

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