Luciferase preparation, assay conditions and calculated extraction efficiency as factors in the estimation of soil ATP content

摘要

Several factors affecting the measurement of soil adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) using a crude (macerated firefly tail) preparation of luciferase and a luminometer were investigated. These factors were luciferase preparation purity (crude or purified), use of Tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamine (Tris) or sodium arsenate (arsenate) buffer for the luciferase preparation and the bioluminescent reaction, storage temperature of luciferase throughout the assay (20°C or 1°C), modes of measuring bioluminescence (peak height or integration of bioluminescence decay) and efficiency of extraction (recovery) of ATP from s