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Growth rates of some rhizosphere bacteria can be measured by the use of 3H-thymidine (3H-TdR) labelling. However fluorescent pseudomonads of soil origin were found to incorporate little or no 3H-TdR into DNA. The conversion factor relating cellular growth rate to 3H-TdR incorporation for exponentially growing cultures of non-pseudomonads was about 2 × 1018 cells mole TdR-1. This value is comparable to constants used in aquatic environments.
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Christensen, H. (1991). Conversion factors relating thymidine uptake to growth rate with rhizosphere bacteria. In: Keister, D.L., Cregan, P.B. (eds) The Rhizosphere and Plant Growth. Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3336-4_11
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