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microbialactivity, etc ; computed tomography; temperature; thermal expansion; Show all 4 Subjects
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... Vesicular pores are observed in many different soil-forming environments. They can also be re-created in the lab through exposure to cyclic wetting and drying. However, little is known about the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms involved in vesicular pore formation. This study was conducted to test the hypotheses that 1) microbial activity and 2) thermal expansion are important drivers ...
microbialactivity, etc ; antimicrobial properties; biofilm; biotechnology; medicine; synergism; therapeutics; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The discovery of antibiotics in the twentieth century made it possible to treat bacterial infections and revolutionized modern medicine. However, gradually, it is possible to perceive a decrease in the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents against pathogenic isolates, which, together with the low investment in the discovery and/or development of new antibiotics by large pharmaceutical companies si ...
microbialactivity, etc ; carbon dioxide; hydraulic conductivity; spatial variation; temporal variation; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Over the last decades, a new generation of microscale models has been developed to simulate soil microbial activity. An earlier article (Pot et al., 2021) presented a detailed review of the description of soil architecture and microbial dynamics in these models. In the present article, we summarise the main results obtained by these models according to six model outputs: growth and spatial organis ...
microbialactivity, etc ; Carex; carbon dioxide; graminoids; rhizosphere; soil; soil organic carbon; Show all 7 Subjects
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... AIMS: The rhizosphere and root detritusphere are hotspots of microbial activity, where root-derived inputs induce intensive priming effects (PE) on soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition. These conditions for induced PE differ between rhizosphere and detritusphere and are modified by plant traits. METHODS: Continuous labelling with ¹³C-depleted CO₂ allowed for the partitioning of plant and soil C ...
microbialactivity, etc ; electrical conductivity; salinity; soil organic matter; soil restoration; Yellow Sea; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Salinity and soil organic matter (SOM) are key edaphic factors that exert substantial influence on soil microbial activity. To understand the interactive effects of both factors on microbial activity, nine ecoenzymes involved in C, N, P and S cycling were assayed across a saline gradient (coastal areas of the Bohai Gulf, CN). The electrical conductivity (EC) of the soils ranged from 0.14 to 13.65 ...
microbialactivity, etc ; biogeochemistry; biomass; ecological invasion; ecosystems; microbial ecology; rhizosphere; species diversity; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Wetland ecosystems have low plant diversity, dominated only by one or two types of vegetation. Species with high biomass can easily invade wetlands and the effect of plant invasion on ecosystem process rates has drawn considerable attention within the field of microbial ecology. However, the effects of high biomass plants on microbes, which play a central role in wetland biogeochemistry, are notab ...
microbialactivity, etc ; greenhouse gases; groundwater; nitrous oxide production; pH; peat; permafrost; Finland; Show all 8 Subjects
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... N₂O, a greenhouse gas, is increasingly emitted from degrading permafrost mounds of palsa mires because of the global warming effects on microbial activity. In the present study, we hypothesized that N₂O emission could be affected by a change in pH conditions because the collapse of acidic palsa mounds (pH 3.4–4.6) may result in contact with minerogenic ground water (pH 4.8–6.3), thereby increasing ...
microbialactivity, etc ; aragonite; calcite; calcium carbonate; drainage; research; vaterite; water; water flow; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Mineral scale deposits in water drainage and supply systems are a common and challenging issue, especially by clogging the water flow. The removal of such unwanted deposits is cost intensive arguing for case-specific and sustainable prevention strategies. In the present study, a novel on-site approach to prevent calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) scale formation was assessed in two road tunnel drainages: A ...
microbialactivity, etc ; Poaceae; altitude; indigenous species; land restoration; soil; soil erosion; sowing; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Machine levelling for the creation or maintenance of ski slopes is a major source of disturbance in high elevation ecosystems. Traditional, exogenous seed mixtures can help restoring plant cover and mitigate soil erosion, but they comprise species that are not ecologically adapted to high elevation conditions. Here, the use of local seed mixtures, harvested at nearby sites, was compared to that of ...
microbialactivity, etc ; irrigation; labile carbon; meadows; microbial carbon; plant growth; rain; soil; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... PURPOSE: Global climate change scenarios forecast the increasing frequency of extreme precipitation events in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), events that likely will result in increased annual rainfall. The effects of varying rainfall frequency on terrestrial ecosystems, especially in QTP regions impacted by global warming, have become a major research topic. However, the responses of soil labile ...
microbialactivity, etc ; adenosine triphosphate; bioanodes; catalysts; electricity; energy conservation; genes; pollution control; tetracycline; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Efficient microbial iron conversion was used to improve the iron cycle efficiency and reduce iron consumption in bioelectro-Fenton, and enhance the microbial activity through Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ electron pair as electron medium. The bioelectro-Fenton with microbial iron cycle self-produced cathodic Fenton catalyst, which exhibited superior H₂O₂ production, pollutant removal and iron cycle rate. Compared wit ...
microbialactivity, etc ; adsorption; basalt; carbon; glutamic acid; hydrophilicity; nitrogen; surface area; wastewater treatment; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The application of biological carriers holds a central position in wastewater treatment for biofilm-mediated degradation processes. In this study, the surface of basalt fibers (BF) was modified by combined etching and grouping (surface functionalization via attaching glutamic acid) to produce MBFEG. The etching modification enhanced the surface properties and specific surface area of BF. However, ...
microbialactivity, etc ; Rhodococcus ruber; acetates; biodegradation; coculture; electron transfer; experimental design; mineralization; polymers; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In this work, Rhodococcus ruber HJM-8 and Paracoccus communis YBH-X were isolated and used to enhance N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) degradation and mineralization efficiencies. The monoculture and co-culture of the two strains for DMAC degradation were compared; results indicated that, a degradation efficiency of 97.62% was obtained in co-culture, which was much higher than that of monocultures of ...
microbialactivity, etc ; biofilters; denitrification; environment; genes; nitrates; nitrogen; phosphorus; pyrite; synergism; wastewater treatment; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Simultaneous nitrate and phosphorus removal can be completed by pyrite- and influent organics-involved mixotrophic denitrification and chemical phosphorus removal via iron precipitation. However, so far, how their removal performances change with iron precipitation accumulation remains unclear. In this study, the differences in nitrate and phosphorus removal from municipal tailwater between volcan ...
microbialactivity, etc ; biodegradation; biological treatment; electrochemistry; electron transfer; lakes; protective effect; secretion; toxicity; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Azo dyes bio-decolorization produces aromatic amines, which are toxic to microorganisms and affect microbial activity. In this paper, the protective effect of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) on the azo dyes bio-decolorization and the mechanism were investigated. The bio-decolorization rate of direct lake blue in 0.5 mM β-CD supply system was increased by 1.3, 2.6 and 4.2 folds, in the period of 0–24 h, 24–4 ...
microbialactivity, etc ; digestion; flavonoids; food chemistry; food intake; humans; metabolites; methylation; polyphenols; stilbenoids; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Dietary intake of plant polyphenols is significant, and many of them enter a human body as a highly diverse pool of ring-fission phenolic metabolites arising from digestion and microbial catabolism of the parental structures. Difficulty in designing the uniform intervention studies and limited tools calibrated to detect and quantify the inherent complexity of phenolic metabolites hindered efforts ...
microbialactivity, etc ; agrochemicals; biodegradability; edaphic factors; plant protection; risk assessment; soil; soil microorganisms; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Soil microorganisms are indispensable for a healthy soil environment, where the fate of pesticides is contingent on microbial activity. Conversely, soil ecosystems can be distorted by all kinds of variables, such as agrochemicals. These crop protection products have been universally in use for decades in agriculture. In modern crop cultivation, fungicides are increasingly applied because of their ...
microbialactivity, etc ; biochar; cohesion; friction; nutrient retention; sand; shear strength; soil water; vegetation; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Soil in embankments is often amended with several additives for supporting the vegetation growth on the side slopes. Biochar, a stable, nutrient loaded and moisture retentive material, could be amended to the embankment soils. The positive impacts of biochar on soil properties, soil water and nutrient retention, microbial activity and growth of crops are well established. However, the load-bearing ...
microbialactivity, etc ; beef; flavor; intramuscular fat; lipid peroxidation; metabolomics; raw meat; technology; yeasts; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Dry-ageing of fresh meat has been the subject of growing research interest over the past 20 years. To date, inconsistencies in addressing the impact of dry-ageing on the eating qualities of meat are found in the literature, apparently arising from diverse processing conditions.This review aims to critically assess recent work published on the impact of dry-ageing on physical and biochemical change ...
microbialactivity, etc ; Eisenia andrei; biomass; cow manure; earthworms; organic matter; technology; vermicomposting; vermicomposts; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Vermicomposting is a biological process for efficient cattle manure treatment, but the vermicomposting time determines the quality of the vermicompost. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cattle manure vermicomposting time on earthworm biomass and the changes in physical, chemical, and biological in properties of the vermicompost. The cattle manure was inoculated with Eisenia ...