Choice of methods for soil microbial community analysis: PLFA maximizes power compared to CLPP and PCR-based approaches

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Ramsey, Philip W ^a   Rillig, Matthias C ^a   Feris, Kevin P ^b   Holben, William E ^a   Gannon, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLPP; Community level physiological profiling; PCR; Phospholipid fatty acid; PLFA; Polyphasic

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA;

EID: 33744806666     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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