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Impact of carbon nanomaterials on microbial activity in soil. / Oyelami, Ayodeji O.; Semple, Kirk T.
In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 86, 07.2015, p. 172-180.

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Oyelami AO, Semple KT. Impact of carbon nanomaterials on microbial activity in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2015 Jul;86:172-180. Epub 2015 Apr 13. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.03.029

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Oyelami, Ayodeji O. ; Semple, Kirk T. / Impact of carbon nanomaterials on microbial activity in soil. In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2015 ; Vol. 86. pp. 172-180.

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abstract = "In this study, effects of an increase in concentration of ftillerene-C-60, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) or fullerene soot (FS) on overall microbial activity was investigated over a 21 d incubation period. Microbial utilisation of C-14-glucose and uptake of C-14-glucose into the microbial biomass was investigated. For CNM-amended soils, greater extents of C-14-glucose mineralisation were found in the C-60-amended soils compared to MWCNT-, SWCNT- or FS-amended soils. In addition, the 100 and 1000 mg kg(-1) were consistently found to have higher extents of mineralisation in C-60, MWCNT, SWCNT or FS-amended soils, respectively. Further, the incorporation of C-14-glucose into the microbial biomass declined slightly with an increase in concentration in the amended soils, but no consistent pattern was observed. As a result, the biophysical quotient (BQ) increased significantly (P",
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