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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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Factors influencing nitrogen mineralization during poultry litter composting and calculations for available nitrogen
TL;DR: This paper describes, under laboratory and/or field conditions, an approach that could be used to predict nitrogen (N) mineralization of poultry litter, and the chemical composition of the manure and not the substrate N status influences the rate of decomposition or microbial availability.
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Seasonal and annual variation in nitrogen mineralization and nitrification along an elevational gradient in New Mexico
James R. Gosz,Carleton S. White +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate seasonal and yearly variations in the mineralization of organic nitrogen to ammonium and then nitrification to nitrate in different ecosystems and suggest that nitrogen loss or other system properties correlated with one arbitrarily selected collection can be misleading.
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Enhancement of Wheat Root Colonization and Plant Development by Azospirillum brasilense Cd. Following Temporary Depression of Rhizosphere Microflora.
TL;DR: Inoculation of wheat with Azospirillum brasilense, combined with the application of four fungal and bacterium-inhibiting substances to which A. Brasilense is resistant in the soil, decreased the rhizosphere population, while it increased wheat root colonization by A. brasilenses, even in cases of poor inoculation.
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Factors controlling the biodegradation of 17β-estradiol, estrone and 17α-ethinylestradiol in different natural soils
Britta Stumpe,Bernd Marschner +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that EE2 is mineralized by white-rot fungi and E2 by bacteria in soils, and that different microbial communities are responsible for E2 and EE2 degradation in soils.
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Effects of wood bark ash on the growth and nutrition of a Scots pine afforestation in central Finland
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used wood bark ash (0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 Mg ha-1) applied to prevent and cure visible nutrient disorders of young Scots pine established on a peatland field 13 years after fertilization.