Carbon is a key factor governing microbial growth in soil, and functional aspects related to
substrate utilisation can provide important information beyond that afforded by taxonomic …

Bacterial communities can be described by their enzymatic potentials using the Biolog
substrate utilisation assay. We have investigated tetrazolium reduction and cell growth …

For over a decade, community level physiological profile (CLPP) assays, which assess a
microbial community's capacity to metabolize specific sole carbon sources under defined …

The metabolic diversity of microbial communities is fundamental for the multiple soil
functions mediated by microorganisms. Community level physiological profiles (CLPPs) …

Sole-carbon-source tests (Biolog), designed to identify bacteria, have become very popular
for metabolically fingerprinting soil microbial communities, despite disadvantages …

Abstract Background, Aims and Scope Soil microbial community diversity has been
suggested as a way of assessing the 'health'or 'quality'of soils. While molecular (genetic) or …

Community-level physiological profiling (CLPP) is a technique which offers an easily applied
protocol yielding information regarding mixed microbial community function and functional …

Community-level physiological profiling (CLPP) analyses from very diverse environments
are frequently used with the aim of characterizing the metabolic versatility of whole …

The Biolog technique was introduced into ecological studies to estimate metabolic potential
of microbial communities. while utilizing carbon substrates (95 or 31x3, depending on the …

For characterization of the microbiology of soil samples, functional aspects related to
substrate utilization are as useful as taxonomic or structural investigations based on DNA or …