Abstract:The authors review current knowledge of the property and determination of soil microbial biomass carbon and several factors controlling its dynamics both at home and abroad.By now,there are several factors influencing soil microbial biomass carbon which include inherent properties of the soil like texture,moisture and temperature and etc.Besides these,external factors(C and N limitation,species type,management measures and differences in land use) also control on soil microbial biomass carbon.Despite intensive researches in recent years,the uncertainties of soil microbial biomass still remain for further studies:(1) Strengthening effect factors of soil microbial biomass carbon and its control mechanism at different scale;(2)Paying more attention to the study about soil microbial biomass carbon and its control mechanism;(3)Deepening research on uncertain factors of soil microbial biomass carbon such as temperature;(4) Enhancing emphasis to the effects of other factors on soil microbial biomass carbon;(5) Discussing effects of global climatic changes on soil microbial biomass carbon.