Microbial diversity affects self-organization of the soil - Microbe system with consequences for function

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 1302-1310

  Crawford, John W ^a   Deacon, Lewis ^b,d   Grinev, Dmitri ^c   Harris, James A ^d   Ritz, Karl ^d   Singh, Brajesh K ^e   Young, Iain ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Microbial diversity; Modelling; Self organization; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BIOPHYSICS; MODELS;

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FLOWTHROUGH; KEY PROCESS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; RESOURCE FLOWS; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

SOILS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POROSITY; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863602579     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0679     Document Type: Article

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