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Extraction and Analysis of Microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acids in Soils
Sylvie A. Quideau 1, Anne C.S. McIntosh 2, Charlotte E. Norris 1, Emily Lloret 3, Mathew J.B. Swallow 4, Kirsten Hannam 5
1Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 2Department of Science, Augustana Faculty, University of Alberta, 3Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, 4Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mount Royal University, 5Forest Ecology & Production, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada

Phospholipid fatty acids provide information about the structure of soil microbial communities. We present methods for extraction from soil samples with a single-phase chloroform mixture, fractionation of extracted lipids using solid phase extraction columns, and methanolysis to produce fatty acid methyl esters, which are analyzed by capillary gas chromatography.

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