Paper published: estimation of soil metabolite synthesis from D2O labeling

Paper published today in Soil Biology & Biochemistry describing estimation of metabolite synthesis from D₂O labelling and mass spectrometry.

• Soil respiration was unaffected by up to 87 atom% D₂O.
• D₂O addition led to quantifiable ²H enrichment of metabolites.
• Turnover of pools due to synthesis differed among metabolites from ten days to multiple years.