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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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Changes in Asymbiotic, Heterotrophic Nitrogen Fixation on Leaf Litter of Metrosideros polymorpha with Long-Term Ecosystem Development in Hawaii
TL;DR: The results suggest that the highest rates of N fixation are sustained during the “building” or early phase of ecosystem development when N is accumulating and inputs of geologically cycled (lithophilic) nutrients from weathering are substantial.
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Improvements to the use of bentonite clay as a protective agent, increasing survival levels of bacteria introduced into soil
TL;DR: It was concluded that when bacteria and bentonite were mixed prior to inoculation, the clay offered protection at the site of introduction, resulting in a more efficient use of bentonite for enhancing bacterial survival.
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Soluble phosphate accumulation by Aspergillus niger from fluorapatite
TL;DR: Solubilization of insouluble phosphate increased with fungal growth, reaching a maximum after 11 days of culture, and ammonium salts favoured the production of larger amounts of soluble phosphate than organic nitrogen, corresponding to the lowest pH and highest titratable acidity values obtained.
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Organic acids and phosphorus solubilization in straw composted with rock phosphate
C.P. Singh,A. Amberger +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of nitrogen, molasses and low-grade rock phosphate enrichment on the production of organic acids and solubilization of phosphorus during wheat straw composting was studied.
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Influence of composting techniques on microbial succession, temperature and pH in a composting municipal solid waste
TL;DR: The trends in microbial succession in the composting wastes in pot and pit were somewhat similar and there was, however, repeated re-heat after turning the wastes in the pit until about 5 months later.