Abstract To select the most suitable method for determining microbial biomass in metal- polluted acidic soils both the chloroform fumigation-incubation (FI) method and the substrate- induced response (SIR) method were used on four acidic (pH 2.9–4.4) mineral and four organic soils from sites situated 1–42 km from a copper smelter. The FI biomass was calculated with or without nonfumigated controls by using either the general 0.41 or individual soil kc values, and through the kinetic model of Chaussod and Nicolardot ...

Evaluation of respiration-based methods for measuring microbial biomass in metal-contaminated acidic mineral and organic soils

DUMONTET, STEFANO;
1989-01-01

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Abstract To select the most suitable method for determining microbial biomass in metal- polluted acidic soils both the chloroform fumigation-incubation (FI) method and the substrate- induced response (SIR) method were used on four acidic (pH 2.9–4.4) mineral and four organic soils from sites situated 1–42 km from a copper smelter. The FI biomass was calculated with or without nonfumigated controls by using either the general 0.41 or individual soil kc values, and through the kinetic model of Chaussod and Nicolardot ...
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