Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA) Analysis A Robust Indicator for Soil Health?

William F Brinton
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William F Brinton: Woods End Soil Laboratory, USA

Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, 2020, vol. 24, issue 4, 159-161

Abstract: Phospholipid fatty acid, commonly referred to as PLFA, is an analytical concept that emerged in the late 1980 s for estimating composition of soil microbial communities [1]. While it is popular to describe the test as determining types of microbes in soils, in fact PLFA reveals the content of differing extractable phosphorylated-lipids recognized to be cell-wall constituents of microbes [2] extractable from soil with organic solvents .

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2020.24.556281

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