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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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Abiotic factors regulating nitrogen transformations in the organic layer of acid forest soils : moisture and pH
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between nitrogen transformations and moisture and pH in coniferous forest litter was determined using laboratory incubation experiments, and the results showed that nitrogen transformations were associated with moisture, pH, and pH.
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Effect of metal-rich sewage sludge application on the bacterial communities of grasslands.
TL;DR: Cd-resistant communities isolated from long-term sludge-amended soils were more diverse than the resistant communities from a control sample, suggesting that adaptation to Cd as a stressor had occurred in the presence of sludge constituents.
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Cyanobacterial inoculation of heated soils: effect on microorganisms of C and N cycles and on chemical composition in soil surface.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of inoculation of burned soils with alien N 2 -fixing cyanobacteria and found that it was a biotechnological means of promoting microbiotic crust formation and increasing organic matter and nutrient contents in heated soils.
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Environmental Degradation of Polyacrylamides
TL;DR: The environmental fate of polyacrylamide thickening agent (PATA), formulated without and with a glyphosate-surfactant herbicide (GH), was examined under various environmental situations: formulation in surface water and ground water, volatility, and soil mobility as discussed by the authors.
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The effects of nematode grazing on nitrogen mineralization during fungal decomposition of organic matter.
J Chen,Howard Ferris +1 more
TL;DR: Soil fungi and nematodes isolated from a long-term Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project research site at the University of California, Davis were investigated in microcosm systems to determine initial and average nematode population densities and fatty acid concentrations.