Use of electronic nose technology to measure soil microbial activity through biogenic volatile organic compounds and gases release

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2094-2107

  De Cesare, Fabrizio ^a,b   Di Mattia, Elena ^a   Pantalei, Simone ^b   Zampetti, Emiliano ^b   Vinciguerra, Vittorio ^a   Canganella, Francesco ^a   Macagnano, Antonella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic nose; Enzymes; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Respiration; SIR

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC NOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RESPIRATION; SIR;

ADSORPTION; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GASES; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATASES; PHYSIOLOGY; QUARTZ; SENSOR ARRAYS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESPIRATION; SENSOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STARVATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 80051665016     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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