@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-126-2-371, author = "Lynch, J. M.", title = "Promotion and Inhibition of Soil Aggregate Stabilization by Micro-organisms", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1981", volume = "126", number = "2", pages = "371-375", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-126-2-371", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-126-2-371", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Microbial cells in suspension were added to two soils. After drying, the degree of aggregation and stability of the aggregates to water was estimated by adding water, shaking and measuring turbidimetrically the particles remaining in suspension. In a silt loam (Hamble series), Azotobacter chroococcum, Lipomyces starkeyi and Pseudomonas sp. all promoted the stabilization of aggregates, this being related to the number of cells added, but Mucor hiemalis inhibited the process. In a clay soil (Denchworth series), Mucor hiemalis and Pseudomonas sp. both promoted stabilization. The stabilization of the silt loam by Lipomyces starkeyi was also produced by the polysaccharide extracted from the cell.", }