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

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

How to calculate ul/l C2H4 in per gram Soil?

Hello, I need to calculate ul/l C2H4 in per gram soil. For instance, I got 7.098ul/l C2H4 in 1040mL jar at 250g of Soil. How to calculate this C2H4 in per gram soil.

10 November 2016 8,238 0 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

What kind of fluid could I use for a pitfall trap that also does not invalidate molecular testing?

Hi, I want to start testing pitfall trap to obtain ants samples, but I need to conduct molecular analysis on those insects. So, what kind of fluid can I use? Ethanol expires too early and I need...

03 March 2021 5,978 5 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 View

Necessary tube lenght to cool Natural gas in a dry-ice cooling bath?

I have a tank which contains natural gas at 250 Bar and 293 Kelvin. I want to cool the gas in a dry-ice cooling bath to about 195 Kelvin. The gas will flow in a copper-tube through the bath with a...

27 February 2021 8,128 1 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Exit velocity of natural gas from pressurized tank?

Hi Guys. I'm a mechanical engineer and have a bit trouble, would be very glad if you could help me with my questions. I have a pressurized tank which contains Natural Gas at 200 Bar and 293...

26 February 2021 6,253 3 View

Can random sampling have inclusion criteria?

As random sampling means that everyone in the population have an equal chance to be chosen, can it have inclusion criteria? My research participants have been chosen based on the inclusion...

26 February 2021 6,905 10 View

Gas sensor response and recovery time independant of flow rate and chamber volume?

I am trying to obtain the response and recovery times for my gas sensor device. It appears the the response/recovery times are primarily dependant on the flow rate of the gas I inject into the...

26 February 2021 1,511 3 View

Why do a weight decrease for thermal degradation in nitrogen gas condition?

Hi all The question is related to TGA(Thermogravimetric analysis). Thermal degradation easily understood but why do samples weight decrease? altough just binding is broked, the weight of...

26 February 2021 1,100 5 View