High temperature microbial activity in upper soil layers
Biomineralization at high temperatures in upper soil layers has been largely ignored, although desertification and global warming have led to increasing areas of soils exposed to high temperatures. Recent publications evidenced thermophilic bacteria ubiquity in soils as viable cells, and their role in nutrient cycling and seedling development. High temperature events, frequently observed at medium and low latitudes, locate temporal niches for thermophiles to grow in soils. There, at temperatures inhibitory for common mesophiles, thermophilic bacteria could perform biogeochemical reactions important to the soil food web. Nutrient cycling analyses in soils at medium and low latitudes would benefit from considering the potential role of thermophiles. © FEMS 2015.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
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| Subjects: | Biomineralization, C, N and S cycles, Global warming, Plant growth, Soil thermophiles, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/131972 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011011 |
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