Ester-linked polar lipid fatty acid profiles of soil microbial communities: A comparison of extraction methods and evaluation of interference from humic acids

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 1241-1249

  Nielsen, Pernille ^a   Petersen, Søren O ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Citrate; Extraction efficiency; Humic acid; PCA; Phosphate; Phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FATTY ACID; HUMIC ACID; LIPID ANALYSIS; METHANOL; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBE; SOIL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENT;

EXTRACTION METHOD; FATTY ACID; HUMIC ACID; LIPID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033860217     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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