The utility of ergosterol as a bioindicator of fungi in temperate soils

By Š. Růžička, D. Edgerton, M. Norman, Tom Hill. 2000

166 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Soil Science

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In Atmospheric Science

1. Petr Baldrian
2. J. Rousk
3. S. Güsewell
4. H. Insam
5. J. Megonigal
6. E. Bååth

In Environmental Engineering

1. J. Rousk
2. H. Insam
3. J. Megonigal
4. E. Bååth

In Soil Science

1. J. Rousk
2. Harry Olde Venterink
3. E. Bååth
4. P. Brookes
5. Petr Baldrian
6. MO Gessner
7. M. Saito
8. Kanako Tago

Citations in the corpus

• Anaerobic Metabolism: Linkages to Trace Gases and Aerobic Processes (2003, background): “Because fungi represent a large portion of the microbial biomass in soils (Ruzicka et al., 2000), they may be an important source of N20 in some terrestrial ecosystems.”
• Microbial interactions in the mycorrhizosphere and their significance for sustainable agriculture. (2004, methodology): “The use of fatty acid patterns of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharides (reviewed by Zelles [81]) and the utility of ergosterols as bioindicators of fungi in soil [82] have also been useful tools in the characterisation of microbial communities.”
• Invasion of Solidago gigantea in contrasting experimental plant communities: effects on soil microbes, nutrients and plant–soil feedbacks (2010, methodology): “fungal dry mass (Gessner & Newell 2002) and assuming a fungal carbon content of 46% (Ruzicka et al. 2000).”
• Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization (2009, background): “assuming that 5 mg of ergosterol corresponded to 1 g of fungal biomass (38, 57).”
• Various players in the nitrogen cycle: Diversity and functions of the microorganisms involved in nitrification and denitrification (2008, background): “The reported relative fungal biomass ranged from 12% to 95% in temperate soils, including arable, pasture, grassland and forest soils, and fungi often dominated the microbial biomass of these temperate soils (Ruzicka et al. 2000).”
• Developments in soil microbiology since the mid 1960s (2001, methodology): “This was recently disputed by Ruzicka et al. 2000 .”
• Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils : A review (2013, methodology): “…et al., 1999; Bååth, 2001; Wallander et al., 2001; Hagerberg et al., 2003; Zhao et al., 2005; Högberg, 2006; Karli nski et al., 2010) and correlations with other methods are usually good (Bermingham et al., 1995; Stahl and Parkin, 1996; Montgomery et al., 2000; Ruzicka et al., 2000; Högberg, 2006).”