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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Cells and soap bubbles
Coming back to a recent posting about modeling cellular structures, I learnt from … that soap bubbles can serve as a simple models of cells… Continue reading
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
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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