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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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Degradation of chlorobenzenes at nanomolar concentrations by Burkholderia sp. strain PS14 in liquid cultures and in soil.
Peter Rapp,Kenneth N. Timmis +1 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that Burkholderia sp.
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Activities of cellulase and amylase in soils as influenced by insecticide interactions.
Vijay A.K.B. Gundi,Buddolla Viswanath,M. Subhosh Chandra,V. Narahari Kumar,B. Rajasekhar Reddy +4 more
TL;DR: Interaction effects of insecticide in combinations on two enzyme activities in both soils were related to populations of cellulolytic and amylolytic organisms in soils under the impact of combination of insecticides.
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Biological Degradation of Soil
TL;DR: Biological degradation of soil as described herein refers to the impairment or elimination of one or more “significant” populations of microorganisms in soil, often with a resulting change in biogeochemical processing within the associated ecosystem.
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Laboratory studies on the application of wheat straw and pig slurry to soil and the resulting environmental implications.
TL;DR: In this article, wheat straw, pig slurry, and a mixture of the two materials (WSPS) were added to soil at the rate of 2% on a dry soil basis.
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Green Manuring with Clover and Ryegrass Catch Crops Undersown in Small Grains: Effects on Soil Mineral Nitrogen in Field and Laboratory Experiments
TL;DR: In this paper, the content of topsoil mineral nitrogen was determined during the growth of the grain crop, after grain harvest and after ploughing, and the mineralization of nitrogen and carbon was measured in green-manured soil incubated at 15°C and controlled moisture conditions.