Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22474
Title: The influence of ant biopores (Pheidole sp) on hydrological properties in agricultural environments in the Western Australian wheatbelt
Contributor(s): Lobry De Bruyn, Lisa  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 1994
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22474
Abstract: The cloning of lux genes from luminescent marine bacteria into soil microorganisms provides a powerful means of studying the ecology of microbial inocula introduced into soil. This paper demonstrates the use of bioluminescence-marked inocula to study a range of ecological interactions in soil including microbial competition (competition for resources in soil caused reduced light output per cell), bacterial colonisation of the rhizosphere spatially characterised at the population and single cell level by Charge Coupled Device enhanced microscopy) and protozoa/ predation of microbial prey (ciliates selectively grazed bacterial cells with high light output activity). These examples illustrate the unique attributes of bioluminescence in microbial ecology to facilitate more effective manipulation of soil/plant/microbe interactions in farming systems.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: Soil Biota - Management in Sustainable Farming Systems., Glenelg, South Australia, 1994
Source of Publication: Soil Biota - Management in Sustainable Farming Systems., p. 63-66
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Place of Publication: Melbourne, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 050301 Carbon Sequestration Science
050302 Land Capability and Soil Degradation
050303 Soil Biology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960904 Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Land Management
960604 Environmental Management Systems
960609 Sustainability Indicators
HERDC Category Description: E2 Non-Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Appears in Collections:Conference Publication
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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