Rock fragments in soil support a different microbial community from the fine earth

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1119-1128

  Certini, Giacomo ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^b   Edwards, Anthony C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiles; Forest soils; Microbial community; Phospholipid fatty acid analyses; Rock fragments

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ROCK FRAGMENTS;

SOILS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; PARTICLE SIZE; SANDSTONE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 2942702380     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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