Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28.2, Problem 4RIA
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Soil microbial communities play crucial roles in the ecosystem. They affect the functionality of the soil through their actions in cycling the soil nutrients and carbon storage. Hence, they play a crucial role in regulating nutrient cycling, stabilization and carbon mineralisation.
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