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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-87-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-87-2025
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Research article
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09 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 09 Jan 2025

A new approach to continuous monitoring of carbon use efficiency and biosynthesis in soil microbes from measurement of CO2 and O2

Kyle E. Smart, Daniel O. Breecker, Christopher B. Blackwood, and Timothy M. Gallagher

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When microbes consume carbon within soils, it is important to know how much carbon is respired and lost as carbon dioxide versus how much is used to make new biomass. We used a new approach of monitoring carbon dioxide and oxygen to track the fate of consumed carbon during a series of laboratory experiments where sugar was added to moistened soil. Our approach allowed us to estimate how much sugar was converted to dead microbial biomass, which is more likely to be preserved in soils.
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