>Here's the information on the cost of testing for biotic content >from Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web lab: > >Active bacterial biomass 22.00 >Total bacterial biomass 27.00 > >Active fungal biomass 22.00 >Total fungal biomass 25.00 > >Protozoa 50.00 >(flagellates, amoeba, ciliates) > >Nematode numbers and 70.00 >Community structure >
Elaine said: "The tests I'd want to see are total and active bacteria, total and active fungi, protozoa, and nematodes. If the material was added in fields with plants, running mycorrhizal colonization would be good too!" I think we should do what Elaine suggested, but i admit that I don't care about the number of Nematodes...but what if they did have a great community structure?? If that means kicking in $10 ea, I'm good for that. -Allan I suggest someone volunteer to collect the funds and forward them to Courtney and we'll get Courtney to mail the sample(s) to Elaine. (I'd prefer sending them to the original lab, not the Long Island lab) I guess there's no need for Fed Ex since most of us don't get our preps sent over night.. >I think that even if we just did the tests for active and total, >bacterial and fungal biomass that would give a good indication of >the activity in the BC or whatever else we have tested. That would >be $96 per item we had tested. > >How many of us are there here? I'd contribute $5 to help. > > >Bonnie York
