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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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Dispersal of Streptomycetes in Air
TL;DR: The number of streptomycete propagules trapped from air above a fallow plot depended on the amount of dust in the air; with simulated rain, the first water drops which struck the soil surface launched both individual spores and spores attached to soil particles into theAir; with time the water drops washed most propagules from the air.
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Microbial biomass and some biochemical characteristics of a strongly acid tea field soil
TL;DR: The results of the plate count showed that the numbers of bacteria and actinomycetes in the tea field soil were smaller than those in the cultivated soil with neutral pH as discussed by the authors.
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Effect of Simulated Acid Rain on Potential Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization in Forest Soils
TL;DR: In this article, a pot experiment using forest soils planted with the seedlings of four woody species was performed with weekly treatments of pH 4.40, 4.00, 3.52, and 3.05 simulated acid rain (SAR) for 42 months compared to a control of pH 5.00 lake water.
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Microbial biomass and activity in pine litter in the presence of Tomocerus minor (Insecta, Collembola)
TL;DR: Litter cellulase and dehydrogenase activity showed correlations by other techniques, indicating their suitability as parameters for microbial activity in general, and for the collembolan grazing impact on microbes activity in particular.
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Marine Microorganisms Associated with the Food of Young Salmon
TL;DR: The biomass of microorganisms in the digestive tracts of young salmon in the sea of Saanich Inlet was examined by the direct microscopic method, the plate count method and the physiological method.