Soil Mineral -- Microbe-Organic Interactions : Theories and Applications

Minerals, organic matter and microorganisms are the major solid components in soil systems. 5 Soil Physical/Chemical/Biological Interfacial Interactions of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in 2004.

Part I. Fundamental,- 1.Soil-physical-chemical-biological interfacial interactions: An overview,- 2. Sorption and desorpton of arsenic by soil minerals in the presence of nutrients and organics,- 3. Role of bacteria and bacteria-soil composites in metal biosorption and remediating toxic metal-contaminated soil systems,- 4. Adsorption of biopolymers, with special emphasis on globular proteins,- 5. Relatonship of polarity and structures of organic matter with sorption capacity of hyrdophobic organic compounds,- 6. Organically modifiied clays for pollutant uptake and environmental protection,- 7. Microbial transformation of organic chemicals in natural environmentas: fate of chemicals and substantiation of microbial involvement through enrichment culturing techniques,- Part II Applications,- 8. Soil organic matter quality and the size and activity of the microbial biomass: their significance to the quality of agricultural soils,- 9.Soil carbon dynamics in a subtropical moutainous region, South China: results based on carbon isotopic tracing,- 10. Bioavailability of soil-sorbed pesticides and organic contaminants,- 11. Anticlastogenic and antitoxic actions exerted by humic substances in seedlings of various plants,- 12. Soil heavy metal pollution and microbial communities: interactions and response assessment,- 13. Changes in antibiotic resistance profile of soil bacterial community in association with land degradation