[Methods for studying soil microbial diversity].
This paper gave a review on the main methods for studying soil microbial diversity. Traditionally, the analysis of soil microbial communities relied on culturing techniques, using a variety of culture media. However, only a small fraction of the soil microbial community has been cultured and isolated with this approach. Other methods such as Biolog GN analysis, phospholipids fatty acids analysis and nucleic acid-based analysis can be used to study and characterize soil microbes which currently cannot be cultured, and to get more and complete information about soil microbial community.
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, China. w.h.zhong@yeah.net
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D044822:Biodiversity; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D010743:Phospholipids