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The phyllosphere: I. An ecologically neglected milieu

Jakoba Ruinen
- 01 Oct 1961 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 2, pp 81-109
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This article is published in Plant and Soil.The article was published on 1961-10-01. It has received 210 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Phyllosphere.

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Prokaryotes: The unseen majority

TL;DR: The number of prokaryotes and the total amount of their cellular carbon on earth are estimated to be 4-6 x 10(30) cells and 350-550 Pg of C (1 Pg = 10(15) g), respectively, which is 60-100% of the estimated total carbon in plants.
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Bacteria in the leaf ecosystem with emphasis on Pseudomonas syringae-a pathogen, ice nucleus, and epiphyte.

TL;DR: This review focuses on the bacterial component of leaf microbial communities, with emphasis on P. syringae—a species that participates in leaf ecosystems as a pathogen, ice nucleus, and epiphyte, to illustrate the attractiveness and somewhat unique opportunities provided by leaf ecosystems for addressing fundamental questions of microbial population dynamics and mechanisms of plant-bacterium interactions.
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Bacteria and archaea on Earth and their abundance in biofilms

TL;DR: It is proposed that biofilms drive all biogeochemical processes and represent the main way of active bacterial and archaeal life and are the most prominent and influential type of microbial life.
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The Ecology and Biogeography of Microorganisms on Plant Surfaces.

TL;DR: The vast surface of the plant axis, stretching from root tips occasionally buried deeply in anoxic sediment, to apical meristems held far aloft, provides an extraordinarily diverse habitat for microorganisms.
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Plant pubescence: An ecological perspective

TL;DR: Relationship to Physical Factors, Parasites and Pathogens, and Functions Ascribed to Pubescence are reviewed.
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The effect of soil drying on humus decomposition and nitrogen availability

H. F. Birch
- 01 Sep 1958 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that when a dry soil is moistened, a characteristic pattern of decomposition occurs in which an initial period of relatively rapid decomposition (Stage 1) falls, during a few days, to a slow steady rate (Stage 2).
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Mineralization of Organic Nitrogen in Soil

TL;DR: This chapter reviews important papers of research in the field of mineralization of organic nitrogen in soil, beginning with the years preceding World War II.
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Some observations on the microbial activity in remoistened air-dried soils

I. L. Stevenson
- 01 Dec 1956 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the degree by which metabolic activity increases in remoistened air-dried soils varies directly with the concentrations of free amino acids and other nitrogenous materials released by the air drying process.
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Occurrence of Beijerinckia Species in the `Phyllosphere'

J. Ruinen
- 01 Feb 1956 - 
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Quantitative Studies on the Wetting of Leaves by Water

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the diurnal variations in the contact angle of water on leaves are caused by changes in the degree of corrugation of the leaf surface produced by changing in the water content of the tissues.