A prokaryotic heterotrophic mesophilic community was studied in volcanic soil samples from Kamchatka. phylogenetic and physiological characterization of the complex modern buried soils Kamchatka Peninsula is given. Volcanic Paleolithic (2500 11,300 years old) their equivalents were investigated. It found that biomass metabolically active prokaryotes reached 50 40 µg/g, respectively. The proport...

Soils formed in loess are evidence of both relict and buried landscapes developed on Pliocene-to-latest Pleistocene basalt flows of the Cima volcanic field in the eastern Mojave Desert, California. The characteristics of these soils change systematically and as functions of the age and surface morphology of the lava flow. Four distinct phases of soil development are recognized: phase 1 weakly d...

INTRODUCTION Plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFCs), and more general sediment microbial fuel cells, make use of electricigenic metabolism of microorganisms in anoxic soils and sediments. Electricigenic microorganisms are able to respire organic carbon from the soil or sediment with an electrode as final electron acceptor [1]. In this work, the focus is on the anode buried in the sediment, the ele...

The snail’s specie, Oncomelania quadrasi, is found abundantly in fresh water fish ponds of Punjab. It is an intermediate carrier / host of various digenetic trematode parasites which causes many serious fish diseases in aquaculture ponds. The purpose of this study was targeted for controlling these snails in aquatic environments through chemical control strategies using copper sulfate as an era...

required. These basic properties of the soil can then be evaluated to assess the acoustic imaging tradeoffs for The potential application of this work is the detection and imaging detecting and characterizing buried artifacts. The acousof buried objects using acoustic methodology. To image buried artifacts, it is vital to know speed and attenuation of sound in the particular tic attenuation coe...