Effect of heavy metals on soil microbial processes and population | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 2, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 9-14 PDF (388.98 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsg.2010.16703 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdousalam Ahmed Algaidi | ||
| Faculty of Agriculture, Sebha University, Libya | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The effect of different toxic heavy metals ions was studied on the CO2 production of microorganisms in uncultivated sandy clay soil. The soils were treated by C, N and P in the form of sodium nitrate, potassium phosphate and glucose respectively. The inhibitions appeared even affecting three weeks, but highly significant effects could be estimated after six-week incubation period. Cobalt ions had smallest effect on decreasing CO2-production in uncultivated soil samples at the different incubation intervals .The strongest inhibition of the gas production was detected by the influence of cadmium ions. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cadmium; Cobalt; CO2-production; soil microbial activities | ||
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