Substrate | Rate of ammonia production | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (μmol (mg protein)-1 h-1) | |||||||
Donor | O1 | O2 | O3 | V1 | V2 | V3 | Mean | SE |
Trypticase | 1.44 | 1.39 | 1.62 | 0.65 | 3.03 | 1.71 | 1.64 | 0.39 |
Amino acids | 1.00 | 0.94 | 1.13 | 0.40 | 2.30 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 0.31 |
Trypticase + monensin | 0.88 | 0.80 | 1.01 | 0.50 | 2.04 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.27 |
Amino acids + monensin | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.96 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.13 |
P values | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Trypticase vs amino acids | <0.001 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Monensin | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Trypticase vs amino acids × monensin | 0.866 |  |  |  |  |  | ||
O or V, Trypticase vs amino acids | 0.648 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
O or V, monensin, | 0.631 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |