| amazonian anthrosols support similar microbial communities that differ distinctly from those extant in adjacent, unmodified soils of the same mineralogy. | we compared the microbial community composition in soils from the brazilian amazon with two contrasting histories; anthrosols and their adjacent non-anthrosol soils of the same mineralogy. the anthrosols, also known as the amazonian dark earths or terra preta, were managed by the indigenous pre-colombian indians between 500 and 8,700 years before present and are characterized by unusually high cation exchange capacity, phosphorus (p), and calcium (ca) contents, and soil carbon pools that contain ... | 2010 | 20574826 |