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Life from Soil, Chapter 5
The title of this chapter is “Symbioses” which refers, to put it more precisely, only to mutualistic interactions between plants and microorganisms… Continue reading
Life from Soil, Chapter 4
In a similar way as above-ground, life below-ground is a continuous interplay of organisms eating each other. The following graphic shows some major players with roots at the basis of such food chains… Continue reading
Posted in Life below ground
Tagged Agrobacteria, ameba, bacteria, ciliates, food chains, nematodes, plant roots, Soil organisms
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Life from Soil, Chapter 3
Bacteria and fungi are the main organisms involved in the decomposition of plant material… Continue reading
Posted in Life below ground
Tagged carbon dioxide, plant roots, saprotroph, Soil organisms
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Life from Soil, Chapter 2
This chapter is about the provision of organic material (containing reduced carbon) to soil organisms… Continue reading
Life from Soil, Chapter 1
Chapter 1 of the presentation soil microbiology covers the physicochemical basis – soil itself. Continue reading
Posted in Life below ground
Tagged clay minerals, plant nutrients, soil, soil aggregates, soil minerals, soil pores
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Presentation on soil microbiology
Since it is my scientific field (in a broader view) I have invested some effort and set up a very graphical presentation featuring soil and soil microbiology… Continue reading
Corrections of virtual genomic planets
This post is rather technical and will be about fixing a bug in the genomic planets. Maybe there will be some comments improving my approach… Continue reading
Non-filamentous cyanobacteria I
This post is about how to visualize non-filamentous cyanobacteria by taking the genus Aphanotheca as an example… Continue reading
Cellular structures
When it comes to modeling cellular structures, I have to start talking about some of the features of the program I am using to do so… Continue reading
Subcellular structures of free-living cyanobacteria
The pictures published here give you an insight into the internal structures of free-living cyanobacteria… Continue reading
Posted in Algae
Tagged bacteria, cyanobacteria, cytology, oxygen, Photosynthesis, Sunlight
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