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Introduction to soil microbiology
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In this paper, the biological processes that take place in the soil and their importance to soil fertility, plant growth, and environmental quality are investigated from both descriptive and functional viewpoints, including microbial ecology, the carbon and nitrogen cycles, mineral transformation, and ecological interrelationships.Abstract:
Characterizes soil microflora from descriptive and functional viewpoints; considers the biological processes that take place in the soil and their importance to soil fertility, plant growth, and environmental quality. Deals with the biochemical basis for soil processes, including microbial ecology, the carbon and nitrogen cycles, mineral transformation, and ecological interrelationships.read more
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Effect of cell surface characteristics on the adhesion of bacteria to soil particles
F Huysman,Willy Verstraete +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the adhesion to a sandy soil and a clay loam soil of a series of Lactobacillus strains with various cell surface characteristics.
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Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated with Used Motor Oil: I. Enhanced Microbial Activities from Laboratory and Growth Chamber Studies
TL;DR: The degradation of used motor oil in soil as affected by plant treatment ("phytoremediation") was assessed in a growth chamber study as mentioned in this paper, showing that grass, legume, and cereal species declined with an increase in used oil concentration; at oil rates greater than 1.0% (w/w), decreases in germination for most species were significantly below control rates.
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Microbial properties and litter and soil nutrients after two prescribed fires in developing savannas in an upland Missouri Ozark Forest
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of two annual prescribed burns to determine their effect on microbial activity and soil and litter nutrients 1 year after the last burn was studied, in three developing savannas (oak-hickory, quercus-carya, pine, and pine).
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Microbial respiration in fly ash/sewage sludge amended soils
TL;DR: Co-application of 5% composted sewage sludge to the ash-soil mixtures improved respiration in both soils except for the 20% alkaline ash rate, and high pH appeared associated with decrease in respiration.
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Influence of various soil amendments on nitrogen-fixing soil microorganisms in a long-term field experiment, with special reference to sewage sludge
Anna Mårtensson,Ernst Witter +1 more
TL;DR: Soil pH was found to be an important regulating factor for the occurrence and activity of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and Nitrogen-fixation activity of the free-living aerobic nitrogen- fixing bacteria was correlated with soil pH and was reduced in the sewage sludge treated soil, compared to soils with similar pH.