Revisiting soil fungal biomarkers and conversion factors: Interspecific variability in phospholipid fatty acids, ergosterol and rDNA copy numbers
T. Camenzind, H. Haslwimmer, M. C. Rillig, L. Ruess, D. R. Finn, C. C. Tebbe, S. Hempel, S. Marhan
The paper refines conversion factors for fungal biomarkers and evaluates qPCR as a method for estimating fungal biomass in soil, finding qPCR has less phylogenetic bias than other biomarkers.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2024Ecology