Composition of organo-mineral complexes migrating in soddy-podzolic soil (Umbric Albeluvisols Abruptic)

Predation on fungal and bacterial biomass in a soddy-podzolic soil amended with starch, wheat straw and alfalfa meal

The variation in bacterial, fungal and total microbial biomass and activity was studied together with the abundance of soil nematodes and microarthropods after the addition of substrates differing in nitrogen availability to a soddy-podzolic soil. The experiments were carried out in microcosms with native and defaunated soil to evaluate stimulatory and suppressive effects of the microfauna on s...

Organo-Mineral–Enzyme Interaction and Soil Enzyme Activity

Both microbially produced enzymes and mineral surfaces can be considered catalysts of chemical transformation in soils and other geological environments such as sediments and subsurface aquifers. While both are important direct agents of organic matter (OM) remineralization and transformation, mineral surfaces can also act as “heterogeneous co-catalysts,” influencing the kinetic properties of b...

Normative calculation of mineral composition in Cr ores of the ophiolite complexes from SE Iran

Specific elements (Cr, Al, Ca, and Si) and loss on ignition (LOI) were used for semi-quantitative determination of the normative mineralogical composition of naturally occurring chromium ores in ophiolite complexes. By far the occurring ore minerals are complex both from the mineralogical and chemical viewpoints. The secondary minerals serpentine and Cr-containing chlorite (kaemmererite) form n...

The Role of Aluminum-Organo Complexes in Soil Organic Matter Dynamics

Distribution of a nonylphenol isomer and the herbicide MCPA in soil derived organo-clay complexes

Organo-clay complexes in soil play an important role in the immobilization and persistence of xenobiotics. In this study, the fate of 14 C-labeled 4-(3,5-dimethylhept-3-yl)phenol (NP) and 4-chloro-2mehtylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in soil was examined using incubation periods from 1d to 180d (NP) and 1d to 120d (MCPA). Special emphasis was on the distributions of the compounds and its degradatio...