Abstract
An ecologically relevant soil extraction procedure separated two types of molecules important for bacteria: flavonoids and small hydrophilic organic compounds. Two flavonoids, identified previously as inducers of nodulation genes in Rhizobium meliloti, were detected in rhizosphere soil from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). In addition, biologically significant quantities (micromoles per kilogram) of ribonucleosides and deoxyribonucleosides were found in all soils tested. Long-term wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plots that had received manure contained elevated amounts of nucleosides, and in a separate experiment, the presence of legumes in a wheat-cropping sequence increased soil nucleosides. Intact bacterial cells accounted for less than 1% of the free nucleosides detected. These results suggest new testable hypotheses for molecular ecologists and differ from those obtained with older, harsher techniques.
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