Linking dynamics of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids to carbon mineralization in a 13C natural abundance experiment: Impact of heavy metals and acid rain

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3177-3186

  Stemmer, Michael ^a   Watzinger, Andrea ^a   Blochberger, Karl ^b   Haberhauer, Georg ^b   Gerzabek, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

13C; Acid rain; Heavy metals; Maize straw; Mineralization; PLFAs; Soil microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMARKERS; FATTY ACIDS; HEAVY METALS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON;

HEAVY METAL STRESS; MAIZE STRAW; MINERALIZATION;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; ACID RAIN; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FATTY ACID; HEAVY METAL; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548587090     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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