Do anyone have the detailed step wise procedure(practical) to do the acetylene reduction assay? Or if anyone can let me know in which institute can i analyse my samples in India?
The common way for Acetylene reduction assay is the indirect method which uses the ability of the nitrogenase enzyme to reduce triple bounded substrates. The nitrogenase enzyme reduces acetylene gas to ethylene. Both gases can easily be quantified by using gas chromatography. The method is called acetylene reduction assay (ARA). The main benefits of ARA is that it is easy to use, sensitive and has a good reproducibility.