Despite the amount of the carbon so

Despite the amount of the carbon source used (3 or 5 mg g−1),the calculated values of mH for each soil were independent of theyear of collection and did not significantly differ among the val-ues for each soil. As an average, mH was −2654 ± 274 kJ mol−1and −1651 ± 239 kJ mol−1for NYS and YS, respectively. The deter-mined value for NYS is not significantly different from the enthalpychange due to glucose oxidation, catH = −2814.0 kJ mol−1[19].On the other hand, the value of mH for YS is not significantlydifferent from the aerobic glucose metabolism of S. cereviciae of−1976.27 kJ mol−1[20] indicating the prevalence of yeast over theother microorganisms inoculated into the soil.