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1 Soil Biology Chapter 10

2 The Sounds of Soil

3 Soil as a Transition Between Aquatic and Aerial System

4 Bacteria in a Drying Environment Wet (open structure) Dry (dense) Holden P.A., J.R. Hunt, and M. K. Firestone, 1997, Toluene Diffusion and Reaction in Unsaturated Pseudomonas Putida biofilms. Biotech. Bioeng. 56:

5 Classification of Soil Organisms Classification Body Width Examples Microflora < 10 µm Microfauna < 100 µm Mesofauna 100 µm to 2 mm Macrofauna 2 mm to 20 mm Bacteria Fungi Protozoa Nematodes Acari Collembola Earthworms Snails

6 Metabolic Grouping Energy Source Carbon Source Autotrophs (fix CO 2 ) Heterotrophs (use organic C) Light (Photo-) Photoautotrophs Photoheterotrophs Chemical (Chemo-) Chemoautotrophs Chemoheterotrophs Photo-autotrophs: algae, cyanobacteria, and higher plants: CO 2 + H 2 O Organic C + O 2 Chemo-heterotrophs: most bacteria, fungi, protozoa, etc: Organic C + O 2 microbial biomass + CO 2 + waste

7 Organisms and Scale Source: Doelman, P and HJP Eijsackers Vital Soil. Source: Nardi, J.B The World Beneath Our Feet.

8 Size and Function of Soil Organisms

9 The Problem of Scales At what scale do we define soil ecosystems? One way to look at it: the same components are present at all scales. From that perspective, scale is not so important: not totally true.

10 Scale Relationships In biology, scaling relationships among morphological and physiological variables are well-known. For instance: Density of anim als (no/km 2) 1.E+13 1.E+10 1.E+07 1.E+04 1.E+01 1.E-02 D = 3W E-10 1.E-08 1.E-06 1.E-04 1.E-02 1.E+00 1.E+02 1.E+04 Body mass (kg) Source: Peters, RH The ecological implications of body size. Cambridge University Press.

11 Prokaryotes in Soils The number of bacteria in soil is consistent across ecosystems: cells/g cells D = = km 9 cells / km 2

12 Bacteria in Soils A large number of bacteria colonize the subsurface; BUT how crowded is the soil ecosystem? Assuming a specific surface area (see Table 2.7) of 15 m 2 /g and a bacterium diameter of 10-6 m, the area covered by a bacterium is 3.14 x m 2. The 10 9 cells/g will cover 3.14 x 10-3 m 2 or 0.02% of the specific surface area! Assuming a specific surface area of 700 m 2 /g the percent of covered surface drops to %.

13 Abundance of Species How many species of bacteria in soils? 6,000 to 40,000 taxa / g of soil!? Source: May, RM How many species are there on Earth? Science 241:

14 The Soil Food Web

15 Soil Organism Relationships Mutualistic associations Competition Food source Water Antagonistic mechanisms antibiotics Parasitism/Pathogenesis

16 Biological Diversity Species diversity Functional diversity Functional redundancy multiple organisms to perform a function. stability: ability to continue to perform. functions under wide variation in conditions or inputs. resilience: ability to return to functional health after a disturbance of normal processes.

17 Where Do Organisms Live? Around roots: rhizosphere is the narrow region of soil directly around roots. In litter, particularly fungi. On humus, only fungi can degrade humus. On the surface of soil aggregates biological activity is greater than within aggregates. In spaces between soil aggregates.

18 Bacteria and the Double Layer positively charged Negatively charged Source: Jucker, BA., H Harms, and AJB Zehnder Adhesion of the Positively Charged Bacterium Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia to Glass and Teflon, J. Bacter. 178:

19 Soil Ecology Soil conditions limit the habitat of microorganisms Temperature (optimal C) Soil water content and potential (optimal: -10 to -70 kpa). Soil porosity (mainly pore size: habitable vs. non-habitable pore space).

20 Change in Habitable Pore Space Volume Distribution (%) nematodes Compaction solid protozoa Bacteria +fungi Accessible pores should have a neck diameter p of at least: p > 30 μm: nematodes p > 5 μm: protozoa p > 0.2 μm: bacteria Inaccessible pore space Bulk Density (Mg/m 3 ) Source: Adapted from van der Linden, AMA, LJJ Jeurissen, JA van Veen, and B Schippers Turnover of the Soil Microbial Biomass as Influenced by Compaction. In: JA Hansen and K Henriksen (eds.) Nitrogen in Organic Wastes Applied to Soils.

21 Distribution of Microorganisms

22 Fungi Mushrooms, mildews, molds, yeast Some form hyphae and mycelia /g soil Tolerant of acid conditions, aerobic Decomposers able to decompose resistant compounds:lignin, cellulose, Symbiotic associations Pathogens - opportunistic Antibiotic production (e.g. penicillin)

23 Fungal Symbiosis Mycorrhizae ( fungus-root ) associate with plant roots Ecto-mycorrhizae: hyphae grow between root cells and mantle the roots of many trees Endo-mycorrhizae: hyphae grow into root cells Vesicular-arbuscular (VAM) trees, agronomic crops, vegetable & fruit crops Mycelium growing into soil increases surface area of absorbing tissue Improve P and water uptake

24 Actinomycetes Heterotrophic, aerobic Branched hyphae 10 7 /g soil Tolerates low soil moisture, high temperature Intolerant of low ph Slow growing Decompose cellulose and other resistant compounds Symbiotic with many plants Antibiotics (e.g. streptomycin)

25 Bacteria Very diverse metabolism Autotrophs and heterotrophs Aerobes, anaerobes, and facultative Unicellular ~1μm Most numerous in soil /g soil Rapid growth Rhizobium/legume symbioses

26 Rhizobial Symbiosis Rhizobia or Bradyrhizobia associate with legumes Specificity of infection Root nodules contain bacteria N 2 is fixed, g N/m 2 /y Nitrogenase enzyme N N 2NH 3 amino acids N-compounds available to plant Rhizobia receive nutrients and organic compounds from plant

27 Metabolic Classes of Bacteria Source of Energy: autotrophic or heterotrophic Terminal Electron Acceptor Oxygen: Aerobic Other: Anaerobic NO 3-, SO 4=,Mn +4,Fe 3+ decomposition products: methane, ethanol, H 2 S Either: Facultative Anaerobe

28 Bacterial-Mediated Transformations Nitrifiers oxidation of ammonium: NH + 4 NO2 NO3 Denitrifiers anaerobic reduction of nitrate NO N O, 3 2 N N 2 Fixers nitrogen gas reduced into organic forms of nitrogen

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