Soil microbe biomass (DP1.10104.001)

This data product contains the quality-controlled laboratory data and metadata for microbial biomass derived from soil microbial sampling. Microbial biomass is measured by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis, in which a set of microbial lipid biomarkers is extracted and quantified using either Gas Chromatography (GC) or Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GS-MS). The results are provided as the quantities of individual microbial lipids as well as the total of all measured phospholipids within a sample. Depending on the table, results are provided scaled to the recovery of an internal standard, or in unscaled form and must be corrected by the user. For additional details, see the user guide, protocols, and science design listed in the Documentation section in this data product's details webpage.

Latency:
The expected time from data and/or sample collection in the field to data publication is as follows, for each of the data tables (in days) in the downloaded data package. See the Data Product User Guide for more information.

sme_batchResults: 30

sme_labSummary: 14

sme_microbialBiomass: 240

sme_scaledMicrobialBiomass: 240