Microbial community abundance and structure are determinants of soil organic matter mineralisation in the presence of labile carbon

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1705-1713

  Garcia Pausas, Jordi ^a,b   Paterson, Eric ^c  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C labelling; Microbial community structure; Nutrients; PLFA; Priming effect; Respiration; Soil organic matter mineralisation

Indexed keywords

13C-LABELLING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PLFA; PRIMING EFFECTS; RESPIRATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER MINERALISATION;

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; LAKES; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SUBSTRATES;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROFORM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FUMIGATION; FUNGUS; GLUCOSE; MAGNITUDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79958105724     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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