Microbial Biomass Responses to Soil Drying-Rewetting and Phosphorus Leaching [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019 Soil drying-rewetting is known to enhance soil phosphorus leaching, which in part is due to osmotic shock and lysis of microbial cells upon rewetting.
Sidra U. Khan +3 more
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Is the thermodynamic efficiency of soil microbial communities related to ecosystem maturity and stress? [PDF]
, 2014 According to the second law of thermodynamics, no process can be 100% efficient and all processes must increase the total entropy of the system they occupy.
Grice, Samuel M.
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Microbial volatile fingerprints: potential use for soil/water diagnostics and correlation with traditional microbial parameters [PDF]
, 2007 This project used an electronic nose (E-nose) system composed of an array of 14 nonspecific conducting polymer sensors for soil and water diagnostics, based on qualitative microbial volatile production patterns. It tested the feasibility of using soil
Bastos, Ana Catarina
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Soil microbial biomass in organic farming system. [PDF]
, 2010 Agricultural production systems have to combine management practices in order to sustain soil's profitability and quality. Organic farming is gaining worldwide acceptance and has been expanding at an annual rate of 20% in the last decade, accounting for ...
Araújo, Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de +6 more
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Soil Microbial Biomass Across a Gradient of Preserved Native Cerrado
Floresta e Ambiente, 2018 The different physiognomies and soil conditions across the Cerrado gradient may influence soil microbial biomass. The present study evaluated the soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity across a preserved Cerrado gradient and correlated these with ...
Nilza Silva Carvalho +4 more
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Interactions between sewage sludge and the survival of pathogenic bacteria in soil [PDF]
, 2015 Sewage sludge is a potentially valuable resource that can enhance both the structure and fertility of soil. However, it can also harbour enteric pathogens which pose a significant socio-economic risk to society.
Ellis, Stephanie
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Agronomy, 2018 Soil microbial properties are frequently used as indicators of soil fertility. However, the linkage of these properties with crop biomass is poorly documented especially in biochar amended soil with high carbon:nitrogen (C:N).
Muhammad Farid Azlan Halmi +3 more
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Drivers and trends of global soil microbial carbon over two decades
Nature Communications, 2022 Soil microorganisms are central to sustain soil functions and services, like carbon and nutrient cycling. Currently, we only have a limited understanding of the spatial-temporal dynamics of soil microorganisms, restricting our ability to assess long-term
Guillaume Patoine +6 more
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Change in soil microbial biomass along a rural-urban gradient in Varanasi (U.P., India)
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2018 Soil microbial biomass has been used as an early indicator of change in soil properties resulting from urbanization. We analyzed the effect of urbanization along a rural–urban gradient on soil microbial biomass and physico-chemical properties of the soil.
Pradeep Kumar Rai +2 more
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Microbial responses to doses of cover plant straw in cerrado piauiense oxisol
Bioscience Journal, 2020 Carbon and nitrogen from the soil microbial biomass play a significant role in the rotation of C and N, and promote nutrient cycling. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the soil microbial biomass with growing doses of cover ...
Sarah Priscilla do Nascimento Amorim +5 more
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