Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils

By H. Insam, Martin S. A. Seewald. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2010

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Soils may act as sources or sinks of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Many of the formed VOCs are produced by microorganisms, and it would be a challenge to investigate soil microbial communities by studying their VOC profile. Such “volatilomics” would have the advantage of avoiding extraction steps that are often a limit in genomic or proteomic approaches. Abundant literature on microbially produced VOCs is available, and in particular novel detection methods allow additional insight. The aim of this paper was to give an overview on the current knowledge of microbial VOC emissions from soils.

Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science

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In Ecology

1. R. Mendes
2. J. Raaijmakers
3. P. Garbeva

In Soil Science

1. K. Nichols
2. K. Spokas

Citations in the corpus

• The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms. (2013, background): “VOCs are small molecules (< 300 Da) with high vapor pressures able to diffuse through the water- and gas-filled pores in soil (Wheatley, 2002; Insam & Seewald, 2010).”
• Biochar: a synthesis of its agronomic impact beyond carbon sequestration. (2012, background): “Th e role of volatile organics in soil microbial and plant signaling is an emerging fi eld (Insam and Seewald, 2010).”