
6. Glossary
Agroecology; Agroécologie
Agroecology (currently advocated in agriculture) consists in defining new cultivation practices integrating the management of biological diversity for the sustainable use of agrosystems.
Amplicon; Amplicon
DNA fragments amplified by PCR using primers specific to a taxon, taxonomic group or gene (or gene family) targeting a particular region of the genome.
Anthropisation; Anthropization
Refers to the effects of man on the natural environment. This includes not only human beings, but also their industries, activities and structures, whether directly or indirectly.
Archaea; Archaea
Archaea (part of the Archaea family) are ubiquitous, unicellular microorganisms without nuclei or organelles, whose...
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Bibliography
Websites
ISO standards : http://www.iso.org/committee/54366/x/catalogue/
AgrInnov project : http://revue-sesame-inra.fr/agrinnov-reva-un-reseau-pour-experimenter-de-bonnes-pratiques-agricoles-3/
...Standards and norms
- Soil quality – Sampling – Part 1: Guidelines for establishing sampling programs. - ISO 10381-1 - 2002
- Soil quality – Method for directly extracting DNA from soil samples. - ISO 11063 - 2012
- Soil quality – Estimation of microbial gene sequence abundance by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification from DNA extracted directly from soil. - ISO 17601 - 2016
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Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
Agrosolutions : http://www.agrosolutions.com/
Ambion (distributed by ThermoFisher) : http://www.thermofisher.com/fr/fr/home/brands/invitrogen/ambion/ambion-product-list.html
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