“The soil microBIOMETER® system was by far the easiest, quickest, and cheapest test in an extensive panel of measures I am using in my graduate research comparing various composts. The variability of repeated measures by microBIOMETER® is low, so it is a promising tool for research that needs many samples of adequate precision. While the test reports in micrograms of microbial biomass, it may also be a useful tool for determining other attributes of the sample like soluble organic carbon etc.
There is no one definitive or perfect way to ascertain soil microbial biomass, a quick tool like the microBIOMETER® opens up the benefits of taking many measures to understand differences across place, management, or time.”
Ben Samuelson, Graduate student at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln specializing in horiculture.