PPT Slide
Pyrolytic-Release Experiment: Sought life forms able to assimilate radioactively “tagged” carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide
Labeled-Release Experiment: Sought life forms able to assimilate the carbon tracer placed in a nutrient-laden broth that was “fed” to the surface samples
Gas Exchange Experiment: Sought life forms able to assimilate an organically rich “chicken soup”, with the expectation that metabolic gases would be produced