Effect of Mineral-Organic-Microorganism Interactions on Soil and Freshwater Environments

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Sorption Mechanisms at the Solid-Water Interface....Pages 1-13
Comparison Between Bacterial and Chemical Dissolution of al-Substituted Goethite. Incidence on Mobilization of Iron....Pages 15-24
Preparation and Thermodynamic Equilibria of Green Rusts in Aqueous Solutions and their Identification as Minerals in Hydromorphic Soils....Pages 25-36
An Xps and Afm Coupled Study of Air and Bio-Oxidized Pyrite Surfaces....Pages 37-45
Transformation of Iron-Containing Minerals in Kaolin During Growth of a Mixed Bacterial Culture Derived from Kaolin....Pages 47-53
Effect of Succinic Acid Produced by Microorganisms and Plant Roots on Copper Sorption by Soil....Pages 55-67
Interaction of Iron and Organic Matter in Relation to its Uptake by Plants....Pages 69-77
Effects of Organic Matter, Iron and Aluminium on Soil Structural Stability....Pages 79-88
Interactions of Mugineic Acid with Allophane, Imogolite, Montmorillonite and Gibbsite....Pages 89-96
Aluminum Speciation, Toxicity and Transfer from Soils to Surface Waters in Two Contrasting Watersheds Exposed to Acid Deposition in the Vosges Mountains (Northeastern France)....Pages 97-105
Ultrafiltration as a Means to Investigate Copper Resistance Mechanisms in Soil Bacteria....Pages 107-117
Application of Organic Geochemistry Techniques to Environmental Problems.....Pages 119-131
In Situ Atr-Ftir Characterization of Organic Macromolecules Aggregated with Metallic Cations....Pages 133-142
The Structure of Organic Nitrogen in Particle Size Fractions Determined by 15 N CPMAS NMR....Pages 143-149
Polymerization: a Possible Consequence of Copper- Phenolic Interactions....Pages 151-158
Effect of Ph, Exchange Cations and Hydrolytic Species of Al and Fe on Formation and Properties of Montmorillonite- Protein Complexes....Pages 159-166
Adsorption and Properties of Urease Immobilized on Several Iron and Aluminum Oxides (Hydroxides) and Kaolinite....Pages 167-174
The Fate of Acid Phosphatase in the Presence of Phenolic Substances, Biotic and Abiotic Catalysts....Pages 175-179
Kinetics of Catechol Oxidation Catalyzed by Tyrosinase or δ-Mno 2 ....Pages 181-188
Plant Residue Decomposition: Effect of Soil Porosity and Particle Size....Pages 189-196
The Effect of Humic Substances from Oxyhumolite on Plant Development....Pages 197-202
Changes in Some Properties of Humic Substances from Melanudands Induced by Vegetational Succession from Grass to Deciduous Trees....Pages 203-211
Characterization of the Organic Substances in Reclaimed Soils....Pages 213-218
Interactions Between Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Yeast Cells in Liquid Medium....Pages 219-225
Effects of PH, Electrolytes and Microbial Activity on the Mobilization of PCB and PAH in a Sandy Soil....Pages 227-236
Modification of Herbicide Mineralization and Extractability in Soil by Addition of Organic Matter in Model Experiments....Pages 237-245
Solubilization of Phosphorus from Apatite by Sulfuric Acid Produced from the Microbiological Oxidation of Sulfur....Pages 247-252
Availability of Soil Phosphorus to The Green Algae Selenastrum Capricornutum ....Pages 253-260
Role of Proteins in the Adhesion of Azospirillum Brasilense to Model Substrata....Pages 261-274
Xylanase, Invertase and Urease Activity in Particle - Size Fractions of Soils....Pages 275-286
Activity of ß-Glucosidase in the Presence of Copper or Zinc and Montmorillonite or Al-Montmorillonite....Pages 287-294
Trace Mineral Amendments in Agriculture for Optimizing the Biocontrol Activity of Plant-Associated Bacteria....Pages 295-304
Effects of Mechanical Stresses and Strains on Soil Respiration....Pages 305-316
Inhibitory Activity of Strains of the Genus Arthrinium on Aspergillus Species in Vineyard Soils of Requena (Spain)....Pages 317-322
Study of Microfungal Species in a Calcareous Soil Treated with Sewage Sludge....Pages 323-327
Two-Step Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Chloroaromatics....Pages 329-338
Test Method for Determining the Acid Production Potential of Sulfur Treated Soils....Pages 339-347
Use of Pyrophosphate to Extract Extra- and Intracellular Enzymes from a Compost of Municipal Solid Wastes....Pages 349-359
Adsorption of Methylene Blue by Red Mud, An Oxide- Rich Byproduct of Bauxite Refining....Pages 361-365
The Transformation of Water Quality: from Soil Contribution to Water Treatment....Pages 367-373
Back Matter....Pages 375-380