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Slot: microbial biomass carbon (microbial_biomass_c)

The part of the organic matter in the soil that constitutes living microorganisms smaller than 5-10 micrometer.

URI: nmdc:microbial_biomass_c

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Biosample Biological source material which can be characterized by an experiment no

Properties

Examples

Value
0.05 ug C/g dry soil

Comments

  • If you provide this, correction factors used for conversion to the final units and method are required

See Also

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

LinkML Source

name: microbial_biomass_c
description: The part of the organic matter in the soil that constitutes living microorganisms
  smaller than 5-10 micrometer.
title: microbial biomass carbon
comments:
- If you provide this, correction factors used for conversion to the final units and
  method are required
examples:
- value: 0.05 ug C/g dry soil
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
see_also:
- MIXS:0000650
rank: 10
string_serialization: '{float} {unit}'
alias: microbial_biomass_c
domain_of:
- Biosample
slot_group: MIxS Inspired
range: string