Search Results - "Pietramellara, G."
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Microbial diversity and soil functions
Published in European journal of soil science (01-01-2017)“…Summary Soil is a complex and dynamic biological system, and still in 2003 it is difficult to determine the composition of microbial communities in soil. We…”
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Extracellular DNA in soil and sediment: fate and ecological relevance
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-02-2009)“…The review discusses origin, state and function of extracellular DNA in soils and sediments. Extracellular DNA can be released from prokaryotic and eukaryotic…”
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Microbial diversity and soil functions
Published in European journal of soil science (01-12-2003)“…Summary Soil is a complex and dynamic biological system, and still in 2003 it is difficult to determine the composition of microbial communities in soil. We…”
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A simplified rapid, low-cost and versatile DNA-based assessment of soil microbial biomass
Published in Ecological indicators (01-10-2014)“…•We set up a culture-independent assessment of soil microbial biomass.•PicoGreen quantification of crude dsDNA extracts provides reliable data.•The method is…”
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Are humus forms, mesofauna and microflora in subalpine forest soils sensitive to thermal conditions?
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-08-2012)“…This study focuses on the biological and morphological development of humus profiles in forested Italian Alpine soils as a function of climate . Humus form…”
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Microbial biomass, respiration and enzyme activities after in situ aided phytostabilization of a Pb- and Cu-contaminated soil
Published in Ecotoxicology and environmental safety (01-01-2009)“…We conducted a pilot-scale experiment to study the effects of an aided phytostabilisation on soil microbial and biological endpoints in an ore…”
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Composition, biomass and activity of microflora, and leaf yields and foliar elemental concentrations of lettuce, after in situ stabilization of an arsenic-contaminated soil
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-03-2009)“…Beringite (B) and zerovalent iron grit (Z), singly and in combination (BZ), were added to a loamy sand soil contaminated by trace elements (Reppel, Belgium),…”
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Sequential extraction and genetic fingerprinting of a forest soil metagenome
Published in Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (01-06-2009)“…The soil DNA pool consists of an intracellular (iDNA) and extracellular fraction (eDNA). Challenging to improve the extraction efficiency of soil DNA, and to…”
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Hydrolase activity, microbial biomass and community structure in long-term Cd-contaminated soils
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-03-2004)“…Long-term effects of high Cd concentrations on enzyme activities, microbial biomass and respiration and bacterial community structure of soils were assessed in…”
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Molecular discrimination of bacteria (organic versus mineral soil layers) of dry woodlands of Argentina
Published in Journal of arid environments (01-10-2012)“…We performed screening of bacteria inhabiting soil organic (O) layers vs mineral (A) layers. Community level and group-specific genetic fingerprinting was used…”
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Effect of molecular characteristics of DNA on its adsorption and binding on homoionic montmorillonite and kaolinite
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Cattle impact on composition of archaeal, bacterial, and fungal communities by comparative fingerprinting of total and extracellular DNA
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-04-2013)“…The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of cattle overwintering husbandry on composition of upland grassland soil archaeal, bacterial, and fungal…”
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Culturable fungi associated with wood decay of Picea abies in subalpine forest soils: a field-mesocosm case study
Published in IForest (Viterbo) (01-12-2018)“…Fungi are the principal wood decomposers in forest ecosystems and their activity provides wood necromass to other living organisms. However, the wood decay…”
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Phosphomonoesterase production and persistence and composition of bacterial communities during plant material decomposition in soils with different pH values
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-04-2006)“…The aim of this work was to study the synthesis and persistence of acid and alkaline phosphomonoesterases in three soils with different pH values amended with…”
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Use of humic substances as soil conditioners to increase aggregate stability
Published in Geoderma (01-02-1997)“…In many agricultural soils in the semi-arid and and mediterranean climates, exposure to cyclic wetting and drying (WD) can reduce aggregate stability. The…”
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The ecological dose value (ED 50) for assessing Cd toxicity on ATP content and dehydrogenase and urease activities of soil
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-04-2001)“…Two soils of contrasting texture, organic matter content and pH were treated with CdSO 4 solutions to give a Cd concentration range of 0–4000 mg kg −1 soil…”
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Degradation and Transformability of DNA from Transgenic Leaves
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-01-2003)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Evaluation of the denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis-apparatus as a parameter influencing soil microbial community fingerprinting
Published in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology (01-09-2010)“…We compared two denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) systems—DCode (Biorad, Hercules, CA, USA) and PhorU (Ingeny, Leiden, NL), performing community…”
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Microbial biomass-C and basal respiration of fine earth and highly altered rock fragments of two forest soils
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-04-2001)“…Highly altered rock fragments (dimension limits between 2 and 10 mm) from two sandstone-derived soils, Cavalla and Buca, of the Vallombrosa Forest, Italy, are…”
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