Measurement of ATP in soil: Correcting for incomplete recovery Export

@article{Contin02, abstract = {Martens [Soil Biol. Biochem. 33 (2001) 701] recently reported that Jenkinson and Oades [Soil Biol. Biochem. II (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 Martens' findings: {\copyright} 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.}, address = {Agriculture and Environment Division, IACR-Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herefordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom}, author = {Contin, M. and Jenkinson, D. S. and Brookes, P. C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1572659}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00063-9}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0036721417}, doi = {10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00063-9}, journal = {Soil Biology and Biochemistry}, keywords = {atp, calibration, internal}, number = {9}, pages = {1381--1383}, posted-at = {2007-08-17 17:04:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Measurement of {ATP} in soil: Correcting for incomplete recovery}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00063-9}, volume = {34}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Contin02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1572659 N2 - Martens [Soil Biol. Biochem. 33 (2001) 701] recently reported that Jenkinson and Oades [Soil Biol. Biochem. II (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 Martens' findings: © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. IS - 9 JF - Soil Biology and Biochemistry AD - Agriculture and Environment Division, IACR-Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herefordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom EP - 1383 TI - Measurement of {ATP} in soil: Correcting for incomplete recovery VL - 34 SP - 1381 KW - atp KW - calibration KW - internal AU - Contin, M AU - Jenkinson, DS AU - Brookes, PC PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00063-9 ER -