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Title: The microbiology of terrestrial ecosystems

Abstract

Emphasizing the role of soil organisms, especially fungi and bacteria, in maintaining productive and stable ecosystems, this book addresses the imbalance found in most ecological texts, which often neglect microorganisms. It stresses the inter-relationship between soil microbes and plants in functional activities such as the capture and transfer of energy and the circulation of chemical elements in ecological systems. It begins with a review of basic concepts followed by a description of the soil as a living entity, including its physical and chemical characteristics, and the life forms found within it. Organic matter mineralization is treated in the context if energy flow and carbon turnover in the biosphere. Also covered are mineral cycling, the microbiology of the rhizosphere, mycorrhiza, root nodule symbiosis, and the cycling of nutrients in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

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OSTI Identifier:
5770095
Resource Type:
Book
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; MINERAL CYCLING; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; REVIEWS; ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS; CHEMISTRY; DOCUMENT TYPES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS; 510100* - Environment, Terrestrial- Basic Studies- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Richards, B N. The microbiology of terrestrial ecosystems. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Richards, B N. The microbiology of terrestrial ecosystems. United States.
Richards, B N. 1987. "The microbiology of terrestrial ecosystems". United States.
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abstractNote = {Emphasizing the role of soil organisms, especially fungi and bacteria, in maintaining productive and stable ecosystems, this book addresses the imbalance found in most ecological texts, which often neglect microorganisms. It stresses the inter-relationship between soil microbes and plants in functional activities such as the capture and transfer of energy and the circulation of chemical elements in ecological systems. It begins with a review of basic concepts followed by a description of the soil as a living entity, including its physical and chemical characteristics, and the life forms found within it. Organic matter mineralization is treated in the context if energy flow and carbon turnover in the biosphere. Also covered are mineral cycling, the microbiology of the rhizosphere, mycorrhiza, root nodule symbiosis, and the cycling of nutrients in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
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