Understanding microbial contributions to soil aggregation and organic matter accumulation
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2015-01-01
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Hofmockel, Kirsten
Bach, Elizabeth
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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The goal of the project investigators was to characterize soil bacterial and fungal communities and the rates at which they break down specific plant-derived carbon (C) molecules within soil aggregates in three farming systems.