Modern Soil Microbiology, Second Edition (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Contributors: Jan Dirk van Elsas (Editor); Janet K. Jansson (Editor); Jack T. Trevors (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 21, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780824727499
Subjects: Soil science, sedimentology; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Science; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Soil microbiology; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Molecular microbiology
First sentence: The concept of soil as an environment for microbial life is based on a number of truisms and on a number of traditional but unsupported assumptions.