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http://irepo.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/27356| Title: | Biofilms communities in the soil: characteristic and interactions using mathematical model |
| Authors: | Ojeba, Innocent Musa Sikirulai, Abolaji Akande Udeme, Joshua Josiah Ijah Olabisi, Peter Abioye Maude, Asmau Mohammed Job, Oloruntoba Samuel Adamu, Mustapha Al-Musbahu, Abdulrahim Alberto, Campos García Gusdanis |
| Issue Date: | 2024 |
| Publisher: | Research in Microbiology |
| Abstract: | Therearemanydifferentkindsofmicroorganismsinthesoil,andmanyofthemarebiofilmsbecausetheycan makesupracellularcompounds.Surface-associatedmicroorganismsinabiofilmareencasedinahydratedextracellularpolymericsubstancethataidsinadherenceandsurvival.Numerousdifferentkindsofmicroorganisms callthesoilhome.Stronginteractionswithandamongspeciesaremadepossiblebybiofilms;this,inturn,might increasetheeffectivenesswithwhichorganiccompoundsandpoisonsinsoilaredegraded.Thisencouragedusto takeacloselookatsoilbiofilmecosystems,whichwedointhispaper.Inthisresearch,wewilllookathowsoil biofilmsariseandhowthataffectsthecompositionofmicrobialcommunitiesandtheirfunctioninthesoil.Recentyearshaveseenanuptickininterestinquestionsaboutbiofilmstructureandthesocialinteractionsofvariousbacteria.Manyconceptselucidatingtheunderlyingmathematicsofbiofilmgrowtharealsopresented.Since biofilmsaresowidespread,thisbreakthroughinsoilbiofilminquirymighthelpscientistsunderstandsoilmicrobiomesbetter.Mathematicalmodelsfurtherextrapolatetherelationshipsbetweenmicrobialcommunitiesand givesamorepreciseinformationastowhatishappeninginabiofilm.Biofilmscanhelpplantscopewithavarietyofenvironmentalchallenges.Soilquality,plantnourishment,plantprotection,bioremediation,andclimate changeareallinfluencedbytheinterplayofbiofilmcommunities.Thus,biofilmsplayanimportantroleinthe developmentofenvironmentallyfriendlyandsustainableagricultur |
| URI: | http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/27356 |
| Appears in Collections: | Microbiology |
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