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New data are presented on the microbial biomass in chernozem soil and its prokaryote and eukaryote components. The essential mass of soil microorganisms varies between 537 and 705 μgC/g soil under a crop rotation including lucerne and between 385 and 585 μgC/g under the rotation without lucerne. The highest values of this index were been registered in the soil receiving long-term applications of farmyard manure. Fungi accounted for 63–80 % of the microbial biomass. The soil’s C:N ratio conditioned the fungi to bacteria ratio: 1.8–3.9 under the rotation with lucerne and 1.7–3.6 under the rotation without lucerne; i.e. fungi to bacteria ratios were inversely proportional to the C:N ratio in the soil.
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Frunze, N. (2014). Essential Mass and Structure of Soil Microorganisms in the Black Earth. In: Dent, D. (eds) Soil as World Heritage. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6187-2_5
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