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Culture-independent Approaches for Assessing Soil Biological Characteristics
HAN Xue-mei, ZHOU Juan, GUO Wei-hua, ZHANG Shu-ping, WANG Ren-qing
School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250010, China
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Abstract  

Soil microbiological analyses may serve as a means for assessing soil characteristics.Standard microbiological culture-techniques,however,leave over 90% of the microorganisms in the environment unaccounted for.Several more recently developed analytical techniques such as phospholipid fatty acids(PLFA),BIOLOG microplates,and molecular techniques allow for more detailed analyses of soil microbial communities.Each of these methods analyzes a different aspect of soil microbial characteristics.This review provides an outline of the main methods used in soil microbial ecology.

Key wordsSoil microbial ecology      PLFA      Biolog microplate      G+C content      16S rDNA     
Received: 25 February 2006     
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HAN Xue-mei,ZHOU Juan,GUO Wei-hua, et al. Culture-independent Approaches for Assessing Soil Biological Characteristics[J]. , 2006, 25(1): 87-90.
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