How many reads are "sufficient" to characterize free living nitrogen fixation microbial communities in soil?

I plan to do nifH targeted NGS (most likely paired end reads with MiSeq) to study free living nitrogen microbial communities in different tillage management system soil samples. I see as much as...

09 October 2017 1,715 1 View

15N2 method for Nitrogen fixation and would like to share your experience?

Hi, We are working on 15N2 method to determine Nitrogen fixation by free living in Soil. However, the difference in between samples of natural abundance (NA) and Enriched (EN) by 15N2 is very very...

09 October 2017 4,744 3 View

Does incubation period influence 15N2 isotope results

Hi, I tried 15N2 method to determine free living bacterial activity in soil samples at 2d, 4d and 8d incubation period. However, i have did not find considerable activity. Does incubation period...

06 July 2017 3,126 4 View

Appropriate primers set for nifH?

04 May 2017 6,353 2 View

How to Convert ul/l to umol/g?

Please let me know how to convert ul/l to umol/gram gas samples for 1000mL jar volume. Thanks..

31 December 2016 1,581 0 View

Determine nitrogen fixation by free living in soil?

Hi, I spent lots of time to figure out ARA method to determine nitrogen fixation by free living in soil. However, I am not getting significance difference between ethylene peaks of control (no...

10 November 2016 6,774 3 View

Does soil became Anaerobic in 15 days long incubation?

09 October 2016 7,974 2 View

Mothur data error?

test.trim.fasta does not showing any data content while using Mothur. Please advice..

09 October 2016 7,683 2 View

How to prepare soil samples for DNA Isolation?

09 October 2016 4,154 1 View

Rhizobia to inoculate in to the soil?

08 September 2016 4,185 2 View

Can polymer concentrations be calculated based on the number average molecular weight?

Hello, I spin-cast two different polymers onto wafers and measure their height as a function of initial concentration. For polymer A, I have the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) as well as...

28 February 2021 7,882 2 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which type of loading is to be used in dynamic analysis of Machien foundation?

Hello Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm trying to simulate a machine foundation in ABAQUS with a geo-cell reinforced soil bed. Im totally confused to which type of loading would be...

21 February 2021 4,388 3 View

How to resolve Gaussian error termination " Error termination via Lnk1e in F:\G16W\l103.exe" for TS(QST3)?

When I run the job for TS(QST3) in gaseous phase, it was completed without any error. But when I add water in CPCM model it terminated with an error: Inconsistency: ModMin= 2 Eigenvalue=...

21 February 2021 3,198 2 View

Using the Pfaffl method: Is it possible that the ratio of the calibrator does not equal 1?

Hi all, I have a question regarding calculations using the Pfaffl method. I have 3 groups per experiment: 1 control group (calibrator) and 2 treatment groups with 6 to 7 biological repeats per...

19 February 2021 8,351 2 View

How to improve the buffer capacity of sea water?

Hello everyone I would like to improve the buffer capacity of seawater (pH ~8) in order to dissolve as much CO2 as possible without dropping the pH below 7.5 (a range between 7 - 7.5 is...

17 February 2021 2,797 2 View

Measurement of water retention in organic substrates without a pressure plate?

Hello, I'm trying to measure the physical and hydrological properties of organic substrate media. Currently, I'm referring The book Soil sampling and Methods of Analysis by Carter and Gregorich....

09 February 2021 3,233 8 View

What will happen (quality or quantity wise) if we transplant 'Aerobic Rice' in puddled condition?

I want to know about the consequences of aerobic rice (both quality and quantity-wise) when transplanted or sown in puddled condition?

08 February 2021 2,343 6 View

Do there exist stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensors with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use?

Am searching for a stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensor with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use. The idea is for the sensor to send a moisture reading via a cellphone text...

04 February 2021 2,047 4 View