Abstract:
A simple nonradioactive laboratory activity similar to the labeled release (LR) experiment performed by the Viking Mission to detect matabolic processes through radiorespirometry was described. The simulated LR experiment was performed using sterile sand or natural oil samples. The interpretation of biotic and abiotic processes using simple acid-base equilibrium concepts and kinetic analysis of data was illustrated. The student's interest in outer-space investigations was used to facilitate the understanding of complex concepts such as acid-base equilibrium and kinetics.
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Título: | A nonradioactive simulation of the Viking mission labeled-release experiment: A search for evidence of life |
Autor: | Cortón, E.; Haim, L.; Kocmur, S.; Visbeek, G.J.; Galagovsky, L. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Química Biólogica, Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto Antártico Argentino, Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro de Formación en Enseñanza de las Ciencias, Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria-Pabellón II, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Abiotic processes; Radiorespirometry; Acids; Biochemistry; Computer simulation; Metabolism; Microorganisms; Soils; Space surveillance; Microbiology |
Año: | 2002
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Volumen: | 79
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Número: | 9
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Página de inicio: | 1105
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Página de fin: | 1108
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Título revista: | Journal of Chemical Education
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Título revista abreviado: | J Chem Educ
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ISSN: | 00219584
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CODEN: | JCEDA
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00219584_v79_n9_p1105_Corton |
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Cortón, E., Haim, L., Kocmur, S., Visbeek, G.J. & Galagovsky, L.
(2002)
. A nonradioactive simulation of the Viking mission labeled-release experiment: A search for evidence of life. Journal of Chemical Education, 79(9), 1105-1108.
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Cortón, E., Haim, L., Kocmur, S., Visbeek, G.J., Galagovsky, L.
"A nonradioactive simulation of the Viking mission labeled-release experiment: A search for evidence of life"
. Journal of Chemical Education 79, no. 9
(2002) : 1105-1108.
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Cortón, E., Haim, L., Kocmur, S., Visbeek, G.J., Galagovsky, L.
"A nonradioactive simulation of the Viking mission labeled-release experiment: A search for evidence of life"
. Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 79, no. 9, 2002, pp. 1105-1108.
Recuperado de https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00219584_v79_n9_p1105_Corton [ ]
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Cortón, E., Haim, L., Kocmur, S., Visbeek, G.J., Galagovsky, L. A nonradioactive simulation of the Viking mission labeled-release experiment: A search for evidence of life. J Chem Educ. 2002;79(9):1105-1108.
Available from: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00219584_v79_n9_p1105_Corton [ ]