Profiling of microbial communities in environmental samples often utilizes phospholipid fatty
acid (PLFA) analysis. This method has been used for more than 35 years and is still popular …

Pathogens present in animal fecal deposits excreted to land undergo a poorly defined
process of dispersion, transport or attenuation, and inactivation. The transport of pathogens …

The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection
and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …

A bstract Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles provide a robust measure that can be used
to fingerprint the structure of soil microbial communities, and measure their biomass. A …

A bstract Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles were measured in soils from organic, low-
input, and conventional farming systems that are part of the long term Sustainable …

This chapter offers two approaches for assessing soil biological properties: process level
biological indexes and functional community diversity. It provides background information on …

REDUCTION of ferric iron (Fe (III)) to ferrous iron (Fe (II)) is one of the most important
geochemical reactions in anaerobic aquatic sediments because of its many consequences …

Carbon and sulfur stable isotope ratios, as well as fatty acid composition of tissues, of
dominant consumer species were determined and compared to those of potential food …

Microscopic examinations have convinced microbial ecologists that the culturable microbes
recovered from environmental samples represent a tiny proportion of the extant microbiota …

We determined the accuracy and reproducibility of whole-community fatty acid methyl ester
(FAME) analysis with two model bacterial communities differing in composition by using the …