Multivariate analysis of soils: microbial biomass, metabolic activity, and bacterial-community structure and their relationships with soil depth and type - Gelsomino, Antonio; Azzellino, Arianna (Journal of plant nutrition and soil science, 2011)
Keywords: acid phosphatase; agricultural soils; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; algorithms; arylsulfatase; bacterial communities; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; coniferous forests; data collection; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; depth gradients; DGGE community fingerprinting; discriminant analysis; DNA; energetic ecophysiological indices; enzyme activity; forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; grassland soils; ground cover plants; highlands; hydrolysis; land use; microbial biomass; Microbiology; multivariate analysis; multivariate statistics; organic soils; pedogenetic horizons; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; ribosomal RNA; ribotypes; silt; soil depth; soil enzymes; soil microorganisms; soil sampling; Soil science; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; DGGE community fingerprinting; soil enzymes; Multivariate analysis; Depth; Bacteria; Microbial community; pedogenetic horizons; Community structure; Gradient; depth gradients; Gel electrophoresis; Enzyme; Biochemical compound; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Ecophysiology; Microbial biomass; Biological activity; Statistical method; Soils; Type; Fingerprint method; multivariate statistics; Prokaryote; energetic ecophysiological indices; Microorganism; Soil plant relation