Ấn phẩm: Soil Microbiology
Năm xuất bản
2021
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Tóm tắt
Soil microbes have been studied as interesting life forms. They also have been
exploited as producers of substances of great societal importance, ranging from
food and fiber to a variety of antibiotics. Agricultural-based research as well as
basic research have provided a meaningful demand for monetary support. Today, environmental scientists, regulators, and the lay public are faced with the added demand for answers to microbiological concerns far beyond these basic science and agricultural needs. Examples of the extended informational voids include management of reclamation sites and the reparation of damaged soil systems, be they mismanaged or chemically contaminated.
As recently as the time of publication of the first edition of Soil Microbiology,
justification for the primary interest in soil microbiology involved optimization of
agricultural production or simply providing a vehicle for study of essential
biochemical processes (e.g. DNA, RNA, and other basic biochemical concerns.).
Indeed, not only is an appreciation of the biological processes occurring in soil
essential to achieve societal goals of caring for terrestrial ecosystems but true wisdom in decision making is predicated on an understanding of how the individual soil biologically based processes combine to produce a vital, sustainable whole. The parts assembled into a viable soil system clearly produce a whole much more dynamic, much greater than can be predicted by their simple summation.
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soil, microbiology, ecosystem, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle