MicrobiologySoil Biology and BiochemistryPeer-reviewed
A comparison among EL-FAME, PLFA, and quantitative PCR methods to detect changes in the abundance of soil bacteria and fungi
José A. Siles, Roberto Gómez-Pérez, Alfonso Vera…·Felipe Bastida
The paper compares EL-FAME, PLFA, and qPCR methods for quantifying soil microbial abundances and finds EL-FAME and PLFA are more reliable than qPCR, with PLFA better for detecting small changes in forest soils.
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