Effect of drying and rewetting on mineralization and distribution of bacterial constituents in soil fractions |
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Authors: | J Cortez |
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Institution: | (1) Centre d'Etudes Phytosociologiques et Ecologiques L. Emberger, Route de Mende, B.P. 5051, F-34033 Montpellier Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Summary Mineralization of 14C- and 15N-labelled whole bacteria, cytoplasm, and cell walls and their distribution in different soil fractions were studied during 211 days of incubation including two drying and rewetting cycles. With any of these three soil amendments, almost 60% of C derived from cellular constituents was released as CO2, 15% was incorporated into the living microbial biomass and 25% was distributed into protected microbial metabolites or recalcitrant microbial products. The distribution of C and N derived from the amendments in the different soil fractions showed that constituents adsorbed on fine clay (<0.2 m were more rapidly decomposed than those adsorbed on silt (50-2 ) and coarse clay (2–0.2 ), indicating a faster organic matter turnover in fine clay than in silt and coarse clay. Although alternate soil drying and rewetting cycles did not significantly affect the mineralization of bacterial constituents, the cycles did have an important effect on the size and specific activities of newly formed microbial biomass. This suggests the presence of an active and a dormant fraction of soil biomass. |
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Keywords: | Soil microbial biomass C and N mineralization Bacterial constituents Soil drying and rewetting cycles Soil physical fractionation |
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