GenomicsStandardsConsortium
microbial_biomass
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Term name - microbial biomass
Term ID - microbial_biomass
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Definition - The part of the organic matter in the soil that constitutes living microorganisms smaller than 5-10 micrometer. If you keep this, you would need to have correction factors used for conversion to the final units
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Term name - microbial biomass carbon (add microbial biomass nitrogen)
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This term might stay the same, depending on the decision for https://github.com/GenomicsStandardsConsortium/mixs/issues/309 & because microbial biomass can be reported using DNA or Phosphorus.
However, often, microbial biomass is reported as microbial biomass carbon and/or nitrogen. Both values are very important for biogeochemistry & specification should be added.
