Assessing soil biological characteristics: A comparison of bulk soil community DNA-, PLFA-, and biolog™-analyses

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 1029-1036

  Widmer, F ^a,e   Fliessbach A ^b   Laczko E ^c   Schulze Aurich, J ^d   Zeyer, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^c SOLVIT   (Switzerland)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CLPP; Community changes; Community level physiological profile; Soil biology; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL TYPE;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034975660     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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