The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils

• Main Authors: Gundale, Michael J., Wardle, David A., Fanin, Nicolas, Kardol, Paul, Farrell, Mark, Nilsson, Marie-Charlotte
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Carbon Cycle; Energy Limitation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104696; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50295
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite recent progress in understanding soil microbial responses to carbon (C) limitation, the functional shifts in microbial community structure associated with decreasing soil C availability and changes in organic matter chemistry remain poorly known. It has been proposed that Gram-negative (GN)...