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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 6, Pages 392-399Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2011.07.010
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Microbial community structure; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Soil temperature response
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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of incubation temperature on mineralization of native pools of C from a soil with a history of manure application, compared to a non-manured soil. Net C mineralization, microbial community structure, biomass size, and metabolic quotient (qCO(2)) were measured. Mineralization at cooler temperatures followed zero-order kinetics, indicating a non-limiting supply of substrate. First-order kinetics dominated at warmer temperatures as substrate supply increasingly limited microbial respiration. The soil with a history of manure application had a larger microbial biomass than the non-manured soil, and higher rates of C mineralization. There was a trend toward decreased biomass sizes with increasing incubation temperature. Bacterial DNA T-RFLP profiles were affected by incubation temperature and time with a significant difference in community structure detected after soils had been incubated for 120 days, as well as after incubation at 35 degrees C. Fungal DNA T-RFLP profiles indicated a distinct community in soils incubated at 35 degrees C, regardless of the length of the incubation. The key findings from the study were that C mineralization from native pools of organic matter does not follow Arrhenius kinetics at high temperatures, and that incubation of soils outside of their normal temperature range can alter soil biological characteristics which may impact estimates of mineralization parameters. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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