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Microbial diversity as soil quality indicator in agricultural soils [PDF]
, 2008 Soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain or enhance water and air quality, and support human health and habitation.
Chiurazzi, Mario
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Zinc contamination decreases the bacterial diversity of agricultural soil [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2003 Abstract Around half a million tonnes of biosolids (sewage sludge dry solids) are applied to agricultural land in the United Kingdom each year, and this may increase to 732 000 t by 2005/6. The heavy metals contained in biosolids may permanently degrade the microbial decomposer communities of agricultural soils.
Bruce F, Moffett +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Fertilization is a fundamental aspect of global forest management that enhances forest productivity and drastically affects soil microbial communities.
Zhuizhui Guan +12 more
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Revegetation by sowing reduces soil bacterial and fungal diversity [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 AbstractAimThe aim of this study was to understand the effects of revegetation on the diversity of bacteria and fungi in soil by sowing a single species and exploring the underlying mechanism.LocationBeijing, China.TaxonPlants and Microbes.MethodsIn a short‐term ecological restoration experiment, one natural recovery treatment and three seed sowing ...
Chao Wang +5 more
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Microbial Biotechnology, 2022 Summary Understanding the relative importance of soil microbial diversity, plants and nutrient management is crucial to implement an effective bioremediation approach to xenobiotics‐contaminated soils.
Ramesha H. Jayaramaiah +6 more
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Low Pore Connectivity Increases Bacterial Diversity in Soil [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2010 ABSTRACT One of soil microbiology's most intriguing puzzles is how so many different bacterial species can coexist in small volumes of soil when competition theory predicts that less competitive species should decline and eventually disappear.
Jennifer K, Carson +5 more
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Bacterial diversity is positively correlated with soil heterogeneity
Ecosphere, 2018 Plant and animal diversity generally increases with increasing environmental heterogeneity. Here, we test whether this relationship also holds for bacterial communities in soil. Specifically, we investigate whether invasive annual grasslands have reduced
Emily E. Curd +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Soil bacterial communities regulate nutrient cycling and plant growth in forests. Although these bacterial communities vary with soil nutrients and plant traits, the variation and degree with soil horizons in different forest types remain unclear.
Xia Luo +5 more
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Resolving environmental drivers of microbial community structure in Antarctic soils [PDF]
, 2009 Antarctic soils are extremely cold, dry, and oligotrophic, yet harbour surprisingly high bacterial diversity. The severity of environmental conditions has constrained the development of multi-trophic communities, and species richness and distribution is ...
Lídia Rejtö +9 more
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Cover Cropping Impacts Soil Microbial Communities and Functions in Mango Orchards
Agriculture, 2021 Soil microbes play critical roles in nutrient cycling, net primary production, food safety, and climate change in terrestrial ecosystems, yet their responses to cover cropping in agroforestry ecosystems remain unknown.
Zhiyuan Wei, Quanchao Zeng, Wenfeng Tan
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