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. 2012 Jul 19;7(1):1–12. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.74

Table 1. Overview of incubation setup with single and multiple substrates, corresponding concentrations of cold substrates and final radioactivity in incubation vials.

Experiments with single substrates
Experiments with multiple substrates
Tracer Substrate concentration and final radioactivity Tracer Substrate concentrationa and final radioactivity
3H-Acetate 4 mℳ, 20 μCi 3H-Acetate Ace (4 mℳ, 20 μCi)+Prop (2 mℳ)+But (2 mℳ)+Val (1 mℳ)
14C-Propionate 2 mℳ, 10 μCi 14C-Propionate Prop (2 mℳ, 10 μCi)+Ace (4 mℳ)+But (2 mℳ)+Val (1 mℳ)
14C-Butyrate 2 mℳ, 10 μCi 14C-Butyrate But (2 mℳ, 10 μCi)+Ace (4 mℳ)+Prop (2 mℳ)+Val (1 mℳ)
14C-Valerate 1 mℳ, 5 μCi 14C-Valerate Val (1 mℳ, 5 μCi)+Ace (4 mℳ)+Prop (2 mℳ)+But (2 mℳ)
a

Ace, acetate; But, n-butyrate; Prop, propionate; Val, valerate.