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Fungal and bacterial substrate-induced respiration have been distinguished in gray forest and chestnut soils in various ecosystems (forest, grassland, arable soil, fallow land, and shelterbelt) using the antibiotics cycloheximide and streptomycin. The optimal inhibitory concentrations of the antibiotics, added separately and in combination; the preincubation time of the antibiotics with the soil before glucose addition; and the mass of added inert material (talc) have been determined. The inhibitor additivity ratio (IAR) has been calculated for the antibiotics. With the IAR differing from 1.0 by a value of more than 5%, the fungal and bacterial substrate-induced respiration cannot be distinguished reliably. Respiration measurements show that the microbial communities of natural ecosystems are dominated by fungi (81–95% on average). The smallest amount of fungi (54–59%) is found in the arable soil ecosystem.
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Translated from Mikrobiologiya, Vol. 74, No. 3, 2005, pp. 394–400.
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Susyan, E., Ananyeva, N.D. & Blagodatskaya, E.V. The Antibiotic-Aided Distinguishing of Fungal and Bacterial Substrate-Induced Respiration in Various Soil Ecosystems. Microbiology 74, 336–342 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11021-005-0072-1
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