Microbial biomass changes rapidly in response to changes in soil properties, but how to interpret the increase or decrease of microbial biomass carbon and microbial biomass nitrogen in relation to carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soil?
Presence of microbial biomass in soil is mandatory for any mineralization process to take place to release the nutrients from the immobilized sources . mineral portion of soil of its own has no mineralizing ability , the liveliness of soil comes through presence of these microbes only . And microbial biomass is considered to be the most sensitive soil biological property to undergo changes in response to any external stimuli , besides microbial biomass being considered as a one of the prime soil health indicators. entire soil fertility transformation reactions are by and large regulated by microbial biomass only . So you keep on counting the relevance of microbial biomass.......
Microbial biomass is one of the most important component of mineralization process. all essential nutrients are available through microbial activity, but it depend of soil health and chemical properties, (physio-chemical). CN ratio 20-30 is mendetory for optimum microbial population to survive, to multiply, and maintain their optimum population and ultimately will increase the biodegredation process with the soil.
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