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Loss of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) in H2O and 0.5 M K2SO4 soil extracts

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Författare

Summary, in English

Soil extracts are routinely used to quantify dissolved organic nutrient concentrations in soil. Here we studied the loss and transformation of low molecular weight (LMW) components of DOC (C-14-glucose, 1 and 100 mu M) and DON (C-14-amino acid mixture, 1 and 100 mu M) during extraction of soil (0-6 h) with either distilled water or 0.5 M K2SO4. The extractions were performed at 20 degrees C, at 4 degrees C, or in the presence of an inhibitor of microbial activity (HgCl2 and Na-azide). We showed that both glucose and amino acids became progressively lost from solution with increasing shaking time. The greatest loss was observed in H2O extracts at 1 mu M for both substances (>90% loss after 15 min). Lower temperature (4 degrees C) and presence of K2SO4 both resulted in reduced loss rates. The presence of microbial inhibitors effectively eliminated the loss of glucose and amino acids. We conclude that microbial transformation of LMW-DOC and DON during H2O or K2SO4 extraction of soil may affect the estimation of their concentrations in soil. This finding has significant implications for methods that rely on chemical extractions to estimate LMW-C components of DOC and DON. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

2331-2335

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Volym

42

Issue

12

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Biological Sciences

Nyckelord

  • Soil organic matter turnover
  • Mineralization
  • Microbial biomass
  • Method
  • Biodegradation
  • Decomposition
  • Glucose
  • Amino acids

Status

Published

Projekt

  • Carbon drivers and microbial agents of soil respiration
  • Microbial carbon-use efficiency

Forskningsgrupp

  • Microbial Ecology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0038-0717