Linear relation between the amount of respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass in soil

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 775-778

  Saitou, Katsuaki ^a   Nagasaki, Ken Ichiro ^a   Yamakawa, Haruyoshi ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^b   Fujie, Koichi ^b   Katayama, Arata ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Microbial biomass; Microbial community structure; Respiratory quinones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032695330     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10415843     Document Type: Article

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