Linear relation between the amount of respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass in soil
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- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
- Vol. 45 (3), 775-778
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.1999.10415843
Abstract
A linear relationship was observed between the amount of total respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass measured by a fumigation-extraction method in 15 soil samples regardless of the significant differences in the composition of the quinone profiles, with one exception in a soil amended with a very high application rate of farmyard manure. It is suggested that the amount of total respiratory quinones can be used as an indicator of the microbial biomass in soil.Keywords
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