Transport and deposition of Bacillus subtilis through an intact soil column

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-703

  Jiang, Guangming ^a,b   Noonan, Mike J ^b   Buchan, Graeme D ^b   Smith, Neil ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Film straining; Pore size exclusion; Tension infiltrometer; Unsaturated intact soil

Indexed keywords

LEACHING; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS;

AIR-WATER INTERFACE; FILM STRAINING; PORE SIZE EXCLUSION; TENSION INFILTROMETER; UNSATURATED INTACT SOILS;

BACTERIA;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BACTERIUM; INFILTROMETER; PORE SPACE; SOIL WATER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27644572087     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR04140     Document Type: Article

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