The positive effect of earthworms on soil processes and plant growth has been extensively
documented. The capacity of earthworms to decompose organic matter has been attributed …

Current knowledge of earthworm feeding ecology is reviewed, with particular reference to
food selection, ingestion, digestion and assimilation, and the use of novel techniques to …

Microbial communities have a central role in ecosystem processes by driving the Earth's
biogeochemical cycles. However, the importance of microbial diversity for ecosystem …

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas in the troposphere controlling ozone
concentration in the stratosphere through nitric oxide production. In order to quantify bacteria …

The gut of the earthworm constitutes a mobile anoxic microzone to which the
microorganisms of aerated soils are subjected. During gut passage, the in situ factors of the …

Bacteria capable of reduction of nitrous oxide (N2O) to N2 separate into clade I and clade II
organisms on the basis of nos operon structures and nosZ sequence features. To explore …

Increasing evidence demonstrated the critical role the earthworm gut played in sustaining
earthworm's metabolism and transformation of nutrients and pollutants in the environment …

Cryoturbated peat circles (that is, bare surface soil mixed by frost action; pH 3–4) in the
Russian discontinuous permafrost tundra are nitrate-rich 'hotspots' of nitrous oxide (N2O) …

Nitrification within estuarine sediments plays an important role in the nitrogen cycle, both at
the global scale and in individual estuaries. Although bacteria were once thought to be …

Consideration of the environmental effects of the no-tillage practice should be made on the
basis of its effects on both carbon and nitrogen cycles. There is a lack of data on the effects …