What are the most abundant microbes in midwest soils?
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Good question: The actinomycetes are one (you got me on the others but I will check back).\n\nEdit: Well, the actinomycetes are in the Monera; you asked for fungi.  So did you mean the 5 most common fungi?:\nAnd by "important" do you want economically important deleterious fungi like Aspergillus and Fomes?\nGlomus is the only beneficial one I could find.\n\nThat bacteria are much more important for soil health, like Rhizobium, Digitaria, Gunnera, Anabaena and Aulosira.\n\nIf you have some good information on this, please share.  I have been looking for it.  Also, if you know any good books???
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Prairie\nas in Prairie Village KS\nor maybe Praire Ridge, (except that in IL)
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take your soil sample and suspend some in a little sterile water; plate out the suspension on agar plates in the usual way and isolate the colonies as a way to do a preliminary sort. Then maybe culture them ... Then do your in-depth analysis.
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Wow, fun search -- but I think I got it!!\n\nhttp://sugarbeet.ucdavis.edu/SBPM/Nutrients/nitrogen.jpg\n\nHope that helps!
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thermoacidophiles and methanogens are types of archaebacteria and there is one more type called halophiles.\n\n1. thermoacidophiles : these are temperature and acid-loving archaebacteria.these organisms grow at high temperature of 55 degrees celius to 59 degrees celsius and a pH of 2.the cells undergo lysis at neutral pH.thermoplasma ,thermoproteus,sulfolobus are the common thermoacidophiles.in these thermoplasma and thermoproteus are pleomorphic(spherical to filamentous) common in pile of burning coal refuse. the genus sulfolobus is facultative autotroph growing better at 70 degrees celsius to 87 degrees celsius and at a pH of 2. in nature these are predominant in acidic hot springs,sulfur springs and in hot acid soils.a specialized cell membrane in these bacteria composed of a monolayer of long chain hydrocarbons connected at both ends to glycerol by other linkage enable them to grow in hot-acid environment.\n \n2. methanogens: they are the methane-producers.the methanogens are obligant anaerobes occur in marshy areas like swamps,ponds,lake mud,among the microorganisms in the rumen of cattles and anaerobic sludge digesters in sewage treatment plants.these bacteria convert fermentation products of other bacteria like CO2 , H2,formic acid and acetic acid into methane and CO2 or only methane.\n\n3.halophiles: these are salt-loving or halophilic archaebacteria.they occur in salt lakes and salty fish.e.g. halococcus and halobacterium.these require 17 - 23 % NaCl for good growth.if the concentration of NaCl falls below 10%,the cells lyse.these organisms contain red or orange pigment called bacteriorhodopsin.the bacteriorhodopsin accumulate as patches in the cytoplasmic membrane and protect the cell against the damaging effect of sunlight. the pigment also utilises the light energy to run their metabolic activities by producing ATP . however,these cannot convert CO2 to sugars as in photosynthesis.
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mycorrhizal fungi and most trees
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http://natres.psu.ac.th/Link/SoilCongress/bdd/symp9/1375-t.pdf
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American Iron is the upper Midwest's leading scrap metal recycler.\nhttp://www.scrappy.com/BUY-SELLscrapPage.htm
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Diatomaceous earths.\nPerlite and Vermiculite (expanded).
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I'm not sure, but I'd imagine wet soil. The decomposers probably use the water to live and as means of digestion, seeing as water is an excellent solvent.
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Hi, i've read of an article about microbiology and genetic engineering; to sum it up, here goes:\nIn recent years, bacteriology has been greatly expanded from its concentration on bacterial disease. The discovery that bacteria fix nitrogen in the root nodules of leguminous plants (see Nitrogen Fixation) has led to attempts to inoculate the roots of other plant strains and thereby increase soil fertility and the productivity of food crops. Some bacteria are able to digest petroleum and other hydrocarbons; others absorb phosphorus. These bacteria are being intensively investigated as possible aids in cleaning up oil spills and removing phosphorus from sewage sludge. Other bacteria may be more efficient than yeast at producing alcohol and are being explored in the search for new energy sources. Escherichia coli, a normal inhabitant of the human intestinal tract, is the most thoroughly studied of all organisms. Studies of the mechanisms of genetic exchange and the biology of plasmids and bacteriophages (see Bacteriophage) of E. coli have been crucial in understanding many aspects of DNA replication and the expression of genetic material. These studies have led to the ability to insert DNA from unrelated organisms into E. coli plasmids and bacteriophages and to have that DNA replicated by the bacteria, with the genetic information it contains expressed by the bacteria. It is thus possible for bacteria to become living factories for scarce biological products such as human insulin, interferon, and growth hormone.
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The major groups of microorganisms—namely bacteria, archaea, fungi (yeasts and molds), algae, protozoa, and viruses
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Eubacteria (aka Bacteria).
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I would imagine something in the microbe department. Like a paramecium or ameba.
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This link is one of the better microbiology websites that I've used.\n\nhttp://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/
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Many archaea colonize extreme environments.\nThey include hyperthermophiles, sulfur-metabolizing thermo-\nphiles, extreme halophiles and methanogens. Because extrem-\nophilic microorganisms have unusual properties, they are a\npotentially valuable resource in the development of novel bio-\ntechnological processes. Despite extensive research, however,\nthere are few existing industrial applications of either archaeal\nbiomass or archaeal enzymes. \nCultivation methods, recent achievements in genomics, which are of key importance for the devel-\nopment of new biotechnological tools, and the application of\nwild-type biomasses, engineered microorganisms, enzymes\nand specific metabolites in particular bioprocesses of indus-\ntrial interest.\n\nA major limitation to the industrial application of archaeal en-\nzymes and metabolites is the low productivity of the fermenta-\ntion processes as a result of low growth rates and low biomass\nyields. To overcome these limitations, attention has been fo-\ncused on studying the physiology of archaea of biotechnological \ninterest and on designing bioreactors and bioprocesses that\nincrease productivity. Because of the unconventional environ-\nmental conditions needed for the cultivation of extremophiles,\ncontamination problems are minimal. Therefore, a continuous\nculture approach has been widely adopted.\n\nhttp://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ZMgRQbu0KPEJ:www.biotechinstitute.org/resources/pdf/yw14_2.pdf+applications+of+archaea+in+biotech&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a  for more info
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Idaho grew the most this year, with Maine and Minnesota running a close 2nd and 3rd.  As to largest, this could be very well the subject of debate.  \n\nYou might get a hold of some trade magazines, specific to the cultivation of potato.