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A model of the population dynamics of ammonifiers is proposed. It is shown that the rate of ammonification doesn’t depend on the C: N ratio in the microbial biomass. It also follows from theoretical constructions that the biomass (or abundance) of ammonifying bacteria in soil should be proportional to the humus content.
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Original Russian Text © R.A. Poluektov, 2011, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2011, No. 6, pp. 33–35.
This work was supported by the Russian Fund for Basic Research, project no. 09-05-00415.
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Poluektov, R.A. Dynamics of microbial population in the framework of a model of nitrogen transformation in soil. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 37, 501–503 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367411060139
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