The Effect of Replacing Bases with Hydrogen on Microbiological Action in Soils

Authors

J. R. Johnston, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
F. B. Smith, Iowa Agricultural Experiment StationFollow
P. E. Brown, Iowa Agricultural Experiment StationFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The activities of microorganisms in the soil are affected by a large number of factors and one of the principal ones is the hydrogen ion concentration of the soil. The decomposition of organic matter may take place at a low pH as well as at a high pH; however, the type of organisms responsible for decomposition varies at different pH values and the rate and character of the decomposition may also change considerably.

Publication Date

1937

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

44

Issue

1

First Page

85

Last Page

89

Copyright

©1937 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Johnston, J. R.; Smith, F. B.; and Brown, P. E. (1937) "The Effect of Replacing Bases with Hydrogen on Microbiological Action in Soils," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 44(1), 85-89.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol44/iss1/13