Functional Microbial Diversity in Context to Agriculture

Abstract The quality of the soil environment and thus its productivity depends to a large extent on the microorganisms present in soil. Their activity, quantity, structural, and functional diversity influence many biochemical processes occurring in the soil. And in recent years, more attention has been focused on the functions of microorganisms and their role in environment. One of the methods used to analysis functional diversity of soil microorganisms is the CLPP ( Community Level Physiological Profiling ) technique and Biolog EcoPlate method based on it. Numerous references and our results indicate that the EcoPlate is a sensitive method that detects the sensitivity of microorganisms to environmental changes. It provides a wealth of information about the microbial community and can be used for analysis of metabolic diversity in soil microbiome.