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Understanding the paradox of organic matter mineralization

Reference	D17605
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Tony O'Donnell
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Newcastle University
Department	Sch of Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	50,716
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/02/2003
End date	31/08/2005
Duration	31 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 microorganisms. 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 17597).

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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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D17597 Understanding the paradox of organic matter mineralization

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