Open AccessBook
Introduction to soil microbiology
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
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
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Spatial variation of soil enzyme activities and microbial functional diversity in temperate alley cropping systems
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that functionally different microbial populations may be present under pecan trees compared to cropped alleys which may promote disparities in nutrient availability necessitating differential long-term nutrient management in such alley cropping systems.
Journal ArticleDOI
Microbial carbon mineralisation in an acid surface peat: effects of environmental factors in laboratory incubations
TL;DR: The regulation of terminal carbon mineralisation in an acid surface peat dominated by Sphagnum majus, from a boreal mire was studied in laboratory incubations and it was found that both aerobic and anaerobic degradation of 13C-U-glucose were restricted by the low native pH in the S. majus peat.
Journal ArticleDOI
Linking species and ecosystems: different biotic assemblages cause interstream differences in organic matter
TL;DR: Interstream differences in the quantity and quality of fine benthic organic matter resources were determined by the nature of the macrobiotic assemblage, and patterns in the distribution of shrimp assemblages reflected landscape patternsIn montane Puerto Rico, a strong linkage between species and ecosystem characteristics was shown.
Journal ArticleDOI
Composition and Trophic Structure of Detrital Food Web in Ant Nest Mounds of Formica aquilonia and in the Surrounding Forest Soil
Jouni Laakso,Heikki Setälä +1 more
TL;DR: The food-web dynamics in ant nest mounds represent an interesting case in which the behaviour of an invertebrate species has a potential to control the development of a system-level organisation.
Journal Article
Nitrogen fixation capacity of Azotobacter spp. strains isolated from soils in different ecosystems and relationship between them and the microbiological properties of soils
TL;DR: It was concluded that the most N fixation by Azotobacter spp.