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16S rRNA/rRNA Gene Ratios and Cell Activity Staining Reveal Consistent Patterns of Microbial Activity in Plant-Associated Soil.
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Abstract
At any given time, only a subset of microbial community members are active in their environment. The others are in a state of dormancy, with strongly reduced metabolic rates. It is of interest to distinguish active and inactive microbial cells and taxa to understand their functional contributions to ecosystem processes and to understand shifts in microbial activity in response to change. Of the methods used to assess microbial activity-dormancy dynamics, 16S rRNA/rRNA gene amplicons (16S ratios) and active cell staining with 5-cyano-2,3-ditolyl tetrazolium chloride (CTC) are two of the most common, yet each method has limitations. Given that
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