PHYSIOLOGICAL METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN SOILS
PHYSIOLOGICAL METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN SOILS
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DOI:
10.1016/0038-0717(78)90099-8
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
DOMSCH, KH
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作者:
ANDERSON, JPE;DOMSCH, KH
A method is described for the rapid and objective estimation of the amount of C in the living, non-resting microbial biomass of soils. The method, which is based on the initial respiratory response of microbial populations to amendment with an excess of a C and energy source, was quantified using an expanded version of Jenkinson''s technique. The simultaneous application of the 2 methods to 50 soil samples showed a highly significant correlation (r = 0.96) between both. From this correlation it could be deduced that at 22.degree. C, a substrate-induced maximal respiratory rate of 1 ml CO2 .cntdot. h-1 corresponds to about 40 mg microbial biomass C. Evidence supporting these results was obtained from pure culture studies. The various soil types investigated were collected from agricultural as well as forest sites and they contained 15-240 mg microbial C .cntdot. 100 g dry soil-1. The respiratory method provides reproducible estimates of biomass size within 1-3 h after soil amendment. It can be combined without difficulty with a selective inhibition method for determination of bacterial and fungal contributions to soil metabolism.