The role of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris in the transport of bacterial inocula through soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-139

  Thorpe, Ian S ^a,b   Killham, Ken ^a   Prosser, James I ^a   Glover, L Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial inocula lux modified; Earthworms; Leaching patterns; Lumbricus terrestris; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Repacked soil microcosms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; OLIGOCHAETA;

BACTERIAL; EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM BACTERIAL INOCULA; LEACHING; MICROORGANISM; PSEUDOMONAD; SOIL; TRANSPORT;

EID: 85047677674     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00336053     Document Type: Article

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