Sentences with phrase «of microbial activity»

The research itself found that soil loses its carbon in pulses of microbial activity.

The REMACA project in Antarctica will provide a unique opportunity to provide the first estimates of microbial activity in this region of Antarctica.

Their results showed that the approach, called surface spectral - induced polarization (SSIP), is both feasible and practical for remote monitoring of microbial activity stimulated during microbiological reduction.

In contrast, the overuse of synthetic fertilizers in conventional farming will often leave the soil stripped of organic matter, robbed of natural fertility, and devoid of microbial activity.

Depth horizons with functional genes indicative of methane - cycling and sulfate - reducing microorganisms are enriched in solid - phase sulfur and total organic carbon, host δ13C - and δ34S - isotopic values with a biological imprint, and show clear signs of microbial activity when incubated in the laboratory.

«We could take advantage of microbial activity in bioremediation of contaminated soils better than before,» says Kappler.

Rocks that could be just 200 million years younger than Earth carry structures and signatures reminiscent of microbial activity, but some dispute that view

Reconstructing the evolution of early microbial life depends mainly on finding organic and mineral remnants of microbial activity preserved in the rock record.

The harsh chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides used in conventional farming can destroy a large part of the microbial activity in the soils (bacteria and fungi) that help to make soil minerals more available to the plants roots.

SENTRY is a bio-electrode sensor platform that allows for real - time monitoring of microbial activity and key wastewater contaminants in wastewater treatment facilities.

Brussels, Belgium, 9 December 2016 — A Canadian researcher, Dr. Lori Ziolkowski, has been awarded the prestigious $ 150,000 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship for her proposal to study radiocarbon estimates of microbial activity...