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10 Soil Microbiology
10 Soil Microbiology
Soil
Chemoautotrophs - anaerobic
Methanotrophs: Methylomonas
Sulfur oxidizer: Thiobacillus
Microorganisms in C cycle:
Methanogenesis – anaerobic degradation of
carbon: strictly by microbes.
Anaerobic respiration involves the complete oxidation of
organic substances
(CH2O)n + Xox -----> CO2 + Xred
X = electron acceptor
(NO3-, SO42-, S0, Fe3+)
Methanobacterium
Microorganisms in C cycle:
Anaerobic decomposition of organic substances to CO2
and CH4 involving many different reactions and species of
microorganisms. This is also called interspecies hydrogen
transfer [the gut,sediments, soils, and the rumen].
a. Complex polymers →monomers
b. The monomeric subunits → organic acids
c. Fermentations → acetate, CO2, and H2
d. Methanogens produce methane (i.e. CH4)
1. Nitrogen fixation
2. NH3 assimilation
3. Ammonification
4. Nitrosification
5. Nitrification
6. Nitrate assimilation
7. Dissimilatory nitrate
reduction
8. Denitrification
• Nitrogen fixation N2 → NH3 (aerobic)