FIG. 1.
Paper chromatography of water- and ether-soluble acids isolated from chickpea bacteroids that were incubated with [14C]malate. Bacteroids (3.6 mg [wet weight]) were incubated, and the water- and ether-soluble acids which were obtained from insoluble material as described in the text were chromatographed on Whatman no. 1 paper in ethanol-NH4OH-H2O (80:5:15). The chromatogram is one of duplicate chromatograms obtained from duplicate incubations. The position of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3-HB) is indicated at the top.