Adriana Abril

TL;DR: A polyphasic study including phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, and molecular features of the strains isolated in this study showed that they belong to a new species of the genus Ochrobactrum, for which the name OchRobactrum lupini sp.

TL;DR: Results of the genotypic and phenotypic characterization showed that the strains isolated in this study belong to a group that clustered in the genus Mesorhizobium, and the results of DNA-DNA hybridizations showed that this group is a novel species of this genus.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of overgrazing on carbon loss from soil in semi-arid savannas and woodlands of South America was studied, where soil carbon parameters were measured in a 10,000ha restoration project in the western Chaco of Argentina (24°43′S and 63°17′W).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified and measured changes in soil characteristics, nutrient availability and microbial activity to a gradient of grazing intensity in the Chaco region of northwestern Argentina (24° 43′ S and 63° 17′ W), and three sites were selected for comparison: 1. highly restored (no grazing for 20 years); 2. moderately restored (eight years of restoration); and 3. highly degraded (a typical Chaco campesino dwelling, extremely overgrazed).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the microbial succession associated with litter decomposition in the semi-arid western Chaco woodland of Cordoba province, Argentina, and found that microbial successions are strongly influenced by synergic interaction among functional groups and litter chemical composition.