Phospholipid fatty acid profiling of microbial communities-a review of interpretations and recent applications

Prolonged irrigation with municipal wastewater promotes a persistent and active soil microbial community in a semiarid agroecosystem

(2015) F. García-Orenes et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Sedimentary organic biomarkers suggest detrimental effects of PAHs on estuarine microbial biomass during the 20th century in San Francisco Bay, CA, USA

(2015) Elena B. Nilsen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microbial signature lipid biomarker analysis - an approach that is still preferred, even amid various method modifications

(2015) C. Willers et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial phospholipid biomarkers and stable isotope methods help reveal soil functions

(2015) Andrea Watzinger   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Land-use intensification and agroforestry in the Kenyan highland: Impacts on soil microbial community composition and functional capacity

(2014) Jan Lagerlöf et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Understanding and manipulating plant lipid composition: Metabolic engineering leads the way

(2014) Johnathan A Napier et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Effects of the burrowing mud shrimp, Upogebia yokoyai, on carbon flow and microbial activity on a tidal flat

(2014) Akiko Sasaki et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Fatty Acids as a Tool to Understand Microbial Diversity and Their Role in Food Webs of Mediterranean Temporary Ponds

(2014) Carla de Carvalho et al.   MOLECULES

Linking soil microbial communities to vascular plant abundance along a climate gradient

(2014) Luca Bragazza et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Above- and below-ground interactions with agricultural management: Effects of soil microbial communities on barley and aphids

(2014) Alwyn Williams et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

13C PLFAs: a key to open the soil microbial black box?

(2014) Huaiying Yao et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Influence of 20–Year Organic and Inorganic Fertilization on Organic Carbon Accumulation and Microbial Community Structure of Aggregates in an Intensively Cultivated Sandy Loam Soil

(2014) Huanjun Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Phospholipid-Derived Fatty Acids and Quinones as Markers for Bacterial Biomass and Community Structure in Marine Sediments

(2014) Tadao Kunihiro et al.   PLoS One

Biotic and Abiotic Properties Mediating Plant Diversity Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in an Experimental Grassland

(2014) Markus Lange et al.   PLoS One

Short-term bioavailability of carbon in soil organic matter fractions of different particle sizes and densities in grassland ecosystems

(2014) Marc Breulmann et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Thermal acclimation of organic matter decomposition in an artificial forest soil is related to shifts in microbial community structure

(2014) Hui Wei et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar stability in soil: Decomposition during eight years and transformation as assessed by compound-specific 14C analysis

(2014) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on soil microbial communities in oak forests persist for more than 100 years

(2014) A. Fichtner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Interaction between the Microbial Community and Invading Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Soils from Vegetable Fields

(2013) Zhiyuan Yao et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in microbial communities and carbohydrate profiles induced by the mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus intraradices) in rhizosphere of olive trees (Olea europaea L.)

(2013) Beligh Mechri et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Soil microbial community response to surfactants and herbicides in two soils

(2013) M.L. Banks et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Microbial community structure and metabolic property of biofilms in vermifiltration for liquid-state sludge stabilization using PLFA profiles

(2013) Chunhui Zhao et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Rapid Degradation of Deepwater Horizon Spilled Oil by Indigenous Microbial Communities in Louisiana Saltmarsh Sediments

(2013) Nagissa Mahmoudi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of microbial communities in strong aromatic liquor fermentation pit muds of different ages assessed by combined DGGE and PLFA analyses

(2013) Jia Zheng et al.   FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL

Bacterial abundance and composition in marine sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica

(2013) S. A. Carr et al.   Geobiology

Imidacloprid induces changes in the structure, genetic diversity and catabolic activity of soil microbial communities

(2013) Mariusz Cycoń et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Functional structure of laminated microbial sediments from a supratidal sandy beach of the German Wadden Sea (St. Peter-Ording)

(2013) Solveig I. Bühring et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Turnover of “new” and “old” carbon in soil microbial biomass

(2013) I. V. Yevdokimov et al.   MICROBIOLOGY

Soil microbial community indices as predictors of soil solution chemistry and N leaching in Picea abies (L.) Karst. forests in S. Sweden

(2013) Mona N. Högberg et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The seasonal pattern of soil microbial community structure in mesic low arctic tundra

(2013) Kate M. Buckeridge et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Spatial variability of soil fungal and bacterial abundance: Consequences for carbon turnover along a transition from a forested to clear-cut site

(2013) Carolyn Churchland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Temporal variation of soil friedelin and microbial community under different land uses in a long-term agroecosystem

(2013) Hong-Yun Dong et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Short-term utilization of carbon by the soil microbial community under future climatic conditions in a temperate heathland

(2013) Sabine Reinsch et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

In situcarbon turnover dynamics and the role of soil microorganisms therein: a climate warming study in an Alpine ecosystem

(2012) Ika Djukic et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Variable effects of plant colonization on black slate uptake into microbial PLFAs

(2012) Anne-Gret Seifert et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Effect of soil moisture and bovine urine on microbial stress

(2012) J.E. Bertram et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Translocation and turnover of rhizodeposit carbon within soil microbial communities of an extensive grassland ecosystem

(2012) Wajira K. Balasooriya et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil microbial community dynamics over a maize (Zea mays L.) growing season under conventional- and no-tillage practices in a rainfed agroecosystem

(2012) Bin Zhang et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Linking microbial community structure and allocation of plant-derived carbon in an organic agricultural soil using 13CO2 pulse-chase labelling combined with 13C-PLFA profiling

(2012) Niina M. Tavi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Toward conceptual clarity: PLFA in warmed soils

(2012) Devin L. Wixon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Multivariate approach to characterizing soil microbial communities in pristine and agricultural sites in Northwest Argentina

(2011) Marcela S. Montecchia et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Assessment of soil microbial diversity measurements as indicators of soil functioning in organic and conventional horticulture systems

(2011) Romina Romaniuk et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Assessment of the spatial distribution of soil microbial communities in patchy arid and semi-arid landscapes of the Negev Desert using combined PLFA and DGGE analyses

(2011) Eric A. Ben-David et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

No-till soil management increases microbial biomass and alters community profiles in soil aggregates

(2010) B.L. Helgason et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Recovery of ectomycorrhiza after ‘nitrogen saturation’ of a conifer forest

(2010) Peter Högberg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Belowground carbon allocation by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering microbial community composition in a beech forest soil

(2010) Christina Kaiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is vegetation composition or soil chemistry the best predictor of the soil microbial community?

(2010) Ruth J. Mitchell et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature

(2010) Liliane Ruess et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Use and misuse of PLFA measurements in soils

(2010) Åsa Frostegård et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A reanalysis of phospholipid fatty acids as ecological biomarkers for methanotrophic bacteria

(2009) Paul L E Bodelier et al.   ISME Journal

Composition and heterogeneity of the microbial community in a coastal microbial mat as revealed by the analysis of pigments and phospholipid-derived fatty acids

(2009) Nicole A. Dijkman et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Estimation by PLFA of Microbial Community Structure Associated with the Rhizosphere of Lygeum spartum and Piptatherum miliaceum Growing in Semiarid Mine Tailings

(2009) Lucía Carrasco et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Characterization of the rhizosphere microbial community from different Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes using phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) analysis

(2009) Ana García-Villaraco Velasco et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Vertical distribution of microbial lipids and functional genes in chemically distinct layers of a highly polluted meromictic lake

(2008) Tobias F. Ertefai et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Lipid biomarker analysis of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

(2008) Anne D. Jungblut et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Methane turnover and temperature response of methane-oxidizing bacteria in permafrost-affected soils of northeast Siberia

(2008) C KNOBLAUCH et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Application of 13C-labeled litter and root materials for in situ decomposition studies using phospholipid fatty acids

(2008) Jennifer Moore-Kucera et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Utility of lipid biomarkers in support of bioremediation efforts at army sites

(2007) D. Ringelberg et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS