Journal article
Interaction between phenolic substances and microbial polysaccharides in soil aggregation
Plant and Soil, Vol.36(1-3), pp.599-612
1972
Abstract
The stability of synthetic soil aggregates containing the extracellular polysaccharide from Lipomyces starkeyi is increased and is more persistant when aggregates are infiltrated with either tannic acid or the products from decomposing herbage. Mixing tannic acid with polysaccharide during the preparation of aggregates had no effect. In a field experiment, addition of glucose produced a rapid improvement in soil aggregation which was considered to be due to the formation of microbial polysaccharides. The effect, however, had virtually disappeared after six months. By contrast glucose-treated plots receiving tannic acid 28 and 42 days after the glucose had been applied showed no sign of diminished aggregation at the end of the experiment. © 1972 Martinus Nijhoff.
Details
- Title
- Interaction between phenolic substances and microbial polysaccharides in soil aggregation
- Authors
- E Griffiths (Author) - University College of Wales, United KingdomRichard G Burns (Author) - University College of Wales, United Kingdom
- Publication details
- Plant and Soil, Vol.36(1-3), pp.599-612
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Date published
- 1972
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF01373510
- ISSN
- 0032-079X
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450197202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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