Introduction to soil microbiology /

Alexander, Martin, 1930-

Introduction to soil microbiology / Martin Alexender - New York : Wiley, 1961. - x, 472 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

CONTENTS

Microbial Ecology
1. The soil environment
2. Bacteria
3. Actinomycetes
4. Fungi
5. Algae
6. Protozoa
7. Virus

The carbon cycle
8. Some aspects of microbiology phyiology
9. Organic matter decomposition
10. Microbiology of cellulose
11. Microbiology of the Hemicelluses
12. Lignin deomposition
13. Microbiology of other polysaccharides
14. Transformation of hydrocarbons and pesticides

The nitrogen cycle
15. Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen
16. Nitrification
17. Denitrification
18. Nitrogen fixation :Non symbiotic
19. Nitrogen fixation :Symbiotic

Mineral transformation
20. Microbial transformations of phosphorus
21. Microbial transformations of sulfur
22. Microbial transformations of sulfur
23. Transformations of other minerals

Ecological interrelationships
24. The biological equilibrium
25. Microbiology of the Rhizosphere

Includes index

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Soil microbiology.

576.190948 / ALE