Linear relation between the amount of respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass in soil

Authors
Saitou, K Nagasaki, K Yamakawa, H Hu, HY Fujie, K Katayama, A
Citation
K. Saitou et al., Linear relation between the amount of respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass in soil, SOIL SCI PL, 45(3), 1999, pp. 775-778
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture/Agronomy
Journal title
SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
ISSN journal
00380768 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
775 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0768(199909)45:3<775:LRBTAO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A linear relationship was observed between the amount of total respiratory quinones and the microbial biomass measured by a fumigation-extraction meth od in 15 soil samples regardless of the significant differences in the comp osition 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 a mount of total respiratory quinones can be used as an indicator of the micr obial biomass in soil.