Published online 2 June 2005
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 69:1069-1077 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0271
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Microbial Properties of Mine Spoil Materials in the Initial Stages of Soil Development
Galina Machullaa,
Mary Ann Brunsb,* and
Kate M. Scowc
a Institute of Soil Science, Univ. of Halle, Weidenplan 14, 06108 Halle, Germany
b Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802
c Dep. of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Univ. of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

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Fig. 1. Dehydrogenase activities of reclaimed mine spoils and standard deviations. Bars with the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05.
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Fig. 2. Community similarities based on RISA (ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer analysis) gel band patterns: Dendrogram showing similarities among soil communities and gel band patterns for reclaimed mine soils at 0- to 1- and 1- to 5-cm depths.
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