TABLE 1.
Net counts for 14C-labeled acetate incorporation into lipidsa
| Temp (°C) | cpm after incubation for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Day | 7 Days | 30 Days | 90 Days | 180 Days | 270 Days | 550 Days | |
| 5 | 0 | 4.67 | 7.03 | 163,415 | 526,695 | 22,000 | 7,702 |
| 0 | 1.74 | 3.13 | 3,500 | 13,277 | 15,000 | 6,301 | |
| −1.5 | 0 | 95.17 | 700 | 1,200 | 1,245 | ||
| −5 | 1.68 | 74 | 400 | 472 | |||
| −10 | 34.9 | 63.7 | 50 | ||||
| −15 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||||
| −20 | 1.7 | 2.0 | |||||
For all data, the limit of error (2ς) was less than 5%.