MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Heavy and wet: evaluating the validity and implications of assumptions made when measuring growth efficiency using 18O water
G. Pold, L. A. Domeignoz Horta, K. M. DeAngelis
The paper evaluates assumptions in the 18O-H2O method for measuring microbial carbon use efficiency and shows how methodological biases affect results.
DOI 10.1101/601138