A new protocol for an artificial soil to analyse soil microbiological processes

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-246

  Guenet, Bertrand ^a   Leloup, Julie ^b   Hartmann, Christian ^b   Barot, Sébastien ^b   Abbadie, Luc ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial soil; Bacterial growth; Carbon mineralization; Experimental tool; Soil ecology; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956011480     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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