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Understanding the paradox of organic matter mineralization

Reference	D17597
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Philip Charles Brookes
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Tony O'Donnell
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	150,080
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	03/03/2003
End date	02/06/2006
Duration	39 months

Abstract

Soil organic matter mineralisation is central to the global carbon cycle, but we still do not know if the rate-controlling processes are mainly biological or abiological. If the former, it challenges a major theory of microbial dynamics in soil: Winogradskis hypothesis of autocthonous and zymogenous soil micro-organisms. If the latter, new theories of microbial survival will be called for. We believe that the current lack of progress can now be overcome by combining modern molecular techniques for studying the diversity and activities of the different soil microbial populations with well established techniques previously developed for soil microbial and biochemical analysis. We will combine the two approaches. (Joint with grant 17605).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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D17605 Understanding the paradox of organic matter mineralization

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