Endophytic bacteria are the plant beneficial bacteria that thrive inside plants and can
improve plant growth under normal and challenging conditions. They can benefit host plants …

The fungal symbionts forming ectomycorrhizas, as well as their associated bacteria, benefit
forest trees in a number of ways although the most important is enhancing soil nutrient …

In the ten years since the publication of Modern Soil Microbiology, the study of soil
microbiology has significantly changed, both in the understanding of the diversity and …

Microbial ecology has undergone a profound change in the last two decades with regard to
methods employed for the analysis of natural communities. Emphasis has shifted from …

Microbial N2O release during the course of thawing of soil was investigated in model
experiment focusing on denitrification, since freeze-thaw has been shown to cause …

The world of microorganisms comprises a vast diversity of live organisms, each with its
individual set of genes, cellular components and metabolic reactions that interact within the …

Phenolic compounds have been implicated as autotoxins of cucumber under mono‐
cropping management systems. Inhibition of cucumber growth may result from direct uptake …

Inoculation of leguminous seeds with selected rhizobial strains is practised in agriculture to
ameliorate the plant yield by enhanced root nodulation and nitrogen uptake of the plant …

This book describes the fibrinolytic enzymes of microbial origin that are able to dissolve
endogenous thrombi in vivo. The fibrinolytic enzyme streptokinase for example, is produced …

Abstract Changes in soil biological properties have been implicated as one of the causes of
soil sickness, a phenomenon that occurs in continuous monocropping systems. However …