Microorganisms in Soils: Roles in Genesis and Functions
Publication year: 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-26609-9
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The following key topics are covered: Microorganisms in bioerosion, humification, mineralization and soil aggregation; Microbial energetics and microbes in biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nitrogen cycles and phosphorus bio-availability; Interactions in the mycorrhizosphere, e.g. between mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria; Impact of microbes on plant nutrient cycling and the possible effects of transgenic rhizospheres on soil fungi; Functions of microbes in specific soil compartments such as soil surface or toxic metal polluted soils; Regulation of microbial activities in functional domains that are influenced by biotic or abiotic factors; Use of marker genes and isotopes as examples for modern techniques in soil microbiology.
Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, bacteria, biology, carbon cycle, erosion, fauna, fungi, invertebrates, microbe, microbes, microbiology, microorganism, mycorrhiza, nitrogen, nutrient cyclingr, hizosphere
