Citrate and malonate increase microbial activity and alter microbial community composition in uncontaminated and diesel-contaminated soil microcosms

Martin, Belinda C.; George, Suman J.; Price, Charles A.; Shahsavari, Esmaeil; Ball, Andrew S.; Tibbett, Mark; Ryan, Megan H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-487-2016

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-487-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-487-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

Original research article

|

21 Sep 2016

Original research article |

| 21 Sep 2016

Citrate and malonate increase microbial activity and alter microbial community composition in uncontaminated and diesel-contaminated soil microcosms

Belinda C. Martin, Suman J. George, Charles A. Price, Esmaeil Shahsavari, Andrew S. Ball, Mark Tibbett, and Megan H. Ryan

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-487-2016-supplement

Data sets

Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon spills - data from Martin et al. SOIL paper 2016, The University of Western Australia M. Ryan https://doi.org/10.4225/23/57dfa129cef09

Short summary

The aim of this paper was to determine the impact of citrate and malonate on microbial activity and community structure in uncontaminated and diesel-contaminated soil. The results suggest that these carboxylates can stimulate microbial activity and alter microbial community structure but appear to have a minimal effect on enhancing degradation of diesel. However, our results suggest that carboxylates may have an important role in shaping microbial communities even in contaminated soils.