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Colonisation of hair in disturbed soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

H. T. Tribe
H. T. Tribe
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, The University, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3DX, U.K.
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Synopsis

Laboratory soil samples are disturbed soils which resemble the arable condition so common in the external world. They have many advantages for study of colonisation of buried substrates and activity may be monitored continuously by the use of a newly-developed automatic electrolytic respirometer. A condensed account of experiments is given in which colonisation of hair in soil samples is followed by measurement of overall metabolism and by direct microscopy.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 94: Fungi and Ecological Disturbance , 1988 , pp. 109 - 118
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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