Switchgrass rhizospheres stimulate microbial biomass but deplete microbial necromass in agricultural soils of the upper Midwest, USA

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Summary

It is found that amino sugar contents and microbial lipid profiles differed between rhizosphere and bulk soils, while DNA-based assays did not provide this discriminatory power, and suggest switchgrass rhizospheres systematically stimulate microbial growth and microbial residue turnover.

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2016-03-01
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Rhizosphere, Panicum virgatum, Amino sugar, Soil water, Microbial population biology

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