Shifts in microbial community and water-extractable organic matter composition with biochar amendment in a temperate forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 244-254

  Mitchell, Perry J ^a   Simpson, André J ^a   Soong, Ronald ^a   Simpson, Myrna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Phospholipid fatty acids; Soil organic matter; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOILS;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER-EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTERS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAR; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SOIL;

ACER SACCHARUM; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84917708665     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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