Bacteria in soil

Patches of conductive lead sulphide can be formed on lead in the presence of sewage. This can result in the flow of a large corrosion current . Sulphate-reducing bacteria in soils can produce metal sulphides and H2S, which results in the formation of deep pits containing a black mass of lead sulphide . Other micro-organisms may also be involved in the corrosion of lead in soil . 

Shen Y, LG Stehmeier, G Voordouw (1998) Identification of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in soil by reverse sample genome probing. Appl Environ Microbiol 63 637-645. 

W. Yu, W. K. Dodds, M. K. Banks, J. Skalsky, and E. A. Strauss, Optimal staining and sample storage time for direet micro.scopic enumeration of total and active bacteria in soil with 2 fluore.scent dyes, Appl. Environ. Microbial. 61 3367 (1995). 

B. Lundgren, Fluorescein diacetate as a stain of metabolically active bacteria in soil, Oikos 56 17 (1981). 

Faust M. A (1982), Relationship between land-use practices and fecal bacteria in soils , Journal of Environmental Quality, 11, 141-146. 

Schoenfeld J, Gelsomino A, Van Overbeek LS, Gorissen A, Smalla K, Van Elsas JD (2003) Effects of compost addition and simulated solarisation on the fate of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 and indigenous bacteria in soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 43 63-74. doi 10.1111/j. 1574-6941,2003.tb01046.x... 

Ranjard L, Richaume A (2001) Quantitative and qualitative microscale distribution of bacteria in soil. Res Microbiol 152 707-716... 

Widmer F, Rasche F, Hartmann M, Fliessbach A (2006) Community structures and substrate utilization of bacteria in soils from organic and conventional farming systems of the DOK long term field experiment. Appl Soil Ecol 33 294-307... 

Packard, J., Breen, A., Sayler, G.S. Palumbo, A.V. (1989). Monitoring populations of 4-chlorobiphenyl-degrading bacteria in soil and lake water microcosms using colony hybridization. In HMCRl s Second National Conference, Biotreatment - The Use of Microorganisms in the Treatment of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Wastes, Washington, DC, November 27-29, pp. 119-25. Silver Spring, MD Hazardous Materials, Control Research Institute. 

Stotzky, G. (1989). Gene transfer among bacteria in soil. In Gene Transfer in the Environment, ed. S. B. Levy R.B. Miller, pp. 165-222. New York McGraw-Hill. 

The enzymic methylation of inorganic mercury by methanogenic bacteria in soil has been reported.283 Heat-sterilization of soil prevents the methylation. 

Unfortunately there are only limited data available on soil microbial populations that can utilize phenolic acids as a carbon source. The CFU/g soil ranged from 104 to 1010 for bacteria in phenolic acid enriched air-dried soil and not enriched field soils (Table 3.1). However, these numbers of active, quiescent, and/or dormant individuals represent only a small fraction of the bacteria in these soils, since <1% of the viable bacteria in soils can be cultured.43 The assumption is that the CFU based on cultures are representative or consistently related to the... 

R.H. Gaines 1910 Sulfate-reducing bacteria in soils produce H2S and cause corrosion... 

Ultimately, Earth s N2 is probably also due to volcanic emissions. At present, the major N2 sources are denitrifying bacteria in soils and in the oceans. The major N2 sinks on Earth are nitrogen-fixing bacteria in soils and the oceans. 

Bull I. D., Parekh N. R., Hall G. H., Ineson P., and Evershed R. P. (2000) Detection and classification of atmospheric methane oxidizing bacteria in soil. Nature 405, 175-178. 

Test organism autotrophic ammonium oxidising bacteria in soil. 

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