The impact of chronic nitrogen amendments on bacterial communities was evaluated at Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, USA. Thirty soil samples (3 treatments × 2 soil horizons × 5 subplots) were collected in 2009 from untreated (control), low nitrogen-amended (LN; 50 kg NH4NO3 ha(-1) yr(-1)) and high nitrogen-amended (HN; 150 kg NH4NO3 ha(-1) yr(-1)) plots. PCR-amplified partial 16S rRNA gene seque...

Mastic (Chatlanqosh or turpentine) is a valuable tree species in most parts of the country, particularly around the southern slopes of the Alborz and Zagros mountain range distributed. Wild Mastic tree is mainly due to the adaptability and hard rocky ground tree and needless to excessive irrigation, it doesn't usually crop. It is the mountain range of the plant, giving it less water. The soil a...

Mastic (Chatlanqosh or turpentine) is a valuable tree species in most parts of the country, particularly around the southern slopes of the Alborz and Zagros mountain range distributed. Wild Mastic tree is mainly due to the adaptability and hard rocky ground tree and needless to excessive irrigation, it doesn't usually crop. It is the mountain range of the plant, giving it less water. The soil a...

Mercury accumulation was investigated by constructing and testing empirical equations based on mercury in soil (C(s)) and in 10 terrestrial insects (C(i)). C(s) ranged from 0.13 to 41.01 mg/kg. C(i) differed with species and the highest was found in dragonfly. C(s) and C(i) showed a good linear fit, and a simple equation was used in predicting C(i) when insects were classified into one Insecta ...

bold et al., 1998). Because improper management can lead to deleterious changes in soil function, a need for Erosion rates and annual soil loss tolerance (T) values in evaluatools and methods to assess and monitor SQ was recogtions of soil management practices have served as focal points for soil quality (SQ) research and assessment programs for decades. Our obnized (e.g., Doran and Jones, 1996...

Invertebrates are an integral part of soils and are important in determining the suitability of soils for the sustainable production of healthy crops or trees. We discuss the importance of the soil invertebrate fauna in relation to terrestrial habitats and global biodiversity as we understand it We describe the role of the main invertebrate groups in soils, including earthwormsy termitesy sprin...

Although microorganisms play crucial roles in ecosystems, metagenomic analyses of soil samples are quite scarce, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. In this work, the microbial diversity of soil samples from an Atlantic Forest and Caatinga was analyzed using a metagenomic approach. Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria were the dominant phyla in both samples. Among which, a significant proportio...

A culture of Aspergillus strain No. 14 isolated from a soil sample picked up in the farmyard of University of Osaka Prefecture was found to produce antibiotics of broad antimicrobial spectrum. The chemical investigations described in the following papery revealed that the main fraction of the antibiotics was a new antibiotic, the structure of which was a tricyclic sesquiterpene as shown in Fig....

In this study, faunal analysis of nematode communities in an aquic brown soil (silty loam Hapli-Udic Cambosols in Chinese Soil Taxonomy) of Northeast China was conducted through a single wheat growth season, aimed to assess nematode faunal response to the application of slow-release urea fertiliser. Three treatments (conventional urea CU, slow-release urea SRU and control NU) were installed, an...