Surfactants expressed by soil pseudomonads alter local soil-water distribution, suggesting a hydrological role for these compounds

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-58

  Fechtner, Joanna ^a   Koza, Anna ^a   Sterpaio, Patricia Dello ^a   Hapca, Simona M ^a   Spiers, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrological role; Pseudomonas; Soil water; Surface tension; Surfactant; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROCOSM; MUTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT; WATER RETENTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SURFACE TENSION; WATER CYCLE;

PSEUDOMONAS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER CYCLE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 80052646664     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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