Microbial utilisation of biochar-derived carbon

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-297

  Farrell, Mark ^a   Kuhn, Thomas K ^a,e   Macdonald, Lynne M ^a   Maddern, Todd M ^a   Murphy, Daniel V ^b   Hall, Phillip A ^c   Singh, Bhupinder Pal ^d   Baumann, Karen ^c,f   Krull, Evelyn S ^a   Baldock, Jeff A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

^f UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

13C PLFA; Black carbon; Carbon sequestration; Char; Organic carbon; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

13C-PLFA; BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHAR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PYROLYSIS;

SOILS;

BIOCHAR C; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CARBON UTILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOOT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; WHEAT;

POSIBACTERIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

(13)C-PLFA; BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHAR; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884534943     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.090     Document Type: Article

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