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Soil As a Microbiological Environment. Soil as a microbiological environment. SOIL ATMOSPHERE SOIL WATER SOIL p H SOIL TEMPERATURE INTERACTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FAC T ORS. SOIL ATMOSPHERE. Gas in the soil comes from the outside air and the activity of microbial
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Soil as a microbiological environment • SOIL ATMOSPHERE • SOIL WATER • SOIL pH • SOIL TEMPERATURE • INTERACTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
SOIL ATMOSPHERE • Gas in the soil comes from the outside air and the activity of microbial >N2, the N fixation by microbes, soil N cycle processes>O2, the result of photosynthesis>CO2, the result of microbial respiration
The pores in the soil mineral or organic content of the gas and water • Gas content in the soil determine the type of microbes:> aerobic microbial> anaerobic microbial> facultative microbial
Ground Water Ground water is essential to the life of the soil biota Groundwater is determine :> soil humidityand > availability of water for soil biota: the solubility ofminerals for plant and microbe’s nutrientsis high
SOIL pH • Soil pH plays an important role in avaibility of soil nutrient to soil microorganism • Soil pH acts on the action of the enzyme that produced of the soil microbial • On acid soils, nutrients are less available to soil biota • On neutral soils, sufficient available nutrients for the soil biota
SOIL TEMPERATURE • Soil temperature influence : > the reaction physiology of biota cell > physico-chemical characteristics of the environment example: soil volume, pressure, oxidation-reduction potential, diffusion, viscosity, structure, groundwater, surface pressure
SOIL TEMPERATURE • High temperature, protein denaturation and microbial cell wall denaturation • Low temperatures, microbial activity stopped
Microbiology of soil InteractionBetween Environment Factor
References Ekpo, M. A., et al. 2008. RATE OF BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL BY MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM OIL SLUDGE ENVIRONMENT. African Journal of Biotechnology , 7 (24): 4495-4499. Kumar, N., et al. 2010. ISOLATION AND SCREENING OF SOIL ACTINOMYCETES AS SOURCE OF ANTIBIOTICS ACTIVE AGAINST BACTERIA. International Journal of Microbiology Research, 2(2): 12 -16.