Is microbial biomass measurement by the chloroform fumigation extraction method biased by experimental addition of N and P?

Mori, T; Wang, SH; Wang, C; Mo, JM; Zhang, W

Zhang, W (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vegetat Restorat & Management Degraded Ec, South China Bot Garden, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.; Zhang, W (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Appl Bot, Guangzhou 510650, Peoples R China.

IFOREST-BIOGEOSCIENCES AND FORESTRY, 2021; 14 (): 408

Abstract

The chloroform fumigation extraction (CFE) method determines microbial biomass carbon (MBC) or nitrogen (MBN) by calculating the increase in extractab......

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