Estimation of conversion factors for fungal biomass determination in compost using ergosterol and PLFA 18 : 2 omega 6,9

By M. Klamer, E. Bååth. 2004

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Elevated enzyme activities in soils under the invasive nitrogen-fixing tree Falcataria moluccana. (2006, methodology): “We used the concentration of the PLFA 18:2o6,9c as an indicator of total fungal biomass (Klamer and Bååth, 2004), 16:1o5c as an indicator of the biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and the average of i17:0, cy17:0, a17:0, i16:0, i15:0, and a15:0 as an indicator of total bacterial biomass…”
The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature (2010, background): “And even for approved biomarkers group specific differences in fatty acid content exists, e.g. in fungi Ascomycetes comprise 36e61 mol% and Basidiomycetes 45e57 mol% of linoleic acid (18:2u6,9) whereas in Zygomycetes it makes up only 12e22 mol% of total PLFAs (Klamer and Bååth, 2004).”
Arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae promote priming of native soil organic matter mineralisation (2016, background): “…compounds were considered biomarker compounds for microbial groups as follows: 16:1ω7, 17:0cy, 19:0cy, 19:1ω6 Gram negative; 15:0i, 15:0ai, 16:0i, 17:0i, 17:0ai Gram positive; 16:0(10Me), 17:0(10Me) actinomycete; and 18:2ω6,9, 18:1ω9 fungi (Hanson et al. 1999; Zelles 1999; Klamer and Bååth 2004).”
Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils : A review (2013, background): “To convert PLFA 18:2u6,9 to microbial carbon content, Joergensen and Wichern (2008) reported a weighted conversion factor of 107 mg C nmol PLFA 1, but values between different species grown in culture could vary 17-fold (Klamer and Bååth, 2004).”
Using lipid analysis and hyphal length to quantify AM and saprotrophic fungal abundance along a soil chronosequence (2005, background): “Another biochemical indicator is ergosterol (found only in the cell membranes of fungi) (Klamer and Bååth, 2004).”