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Protozoa

Appears in 10 processs and 20 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Predator-prey nitrogen release (microbial loop)

7 steps

Predator-prey oscillation of bacteria and grazers

5 steps

Start: Bacteria grow on exudates
End: Population cycle damped
Protozoan numbers rise with a lag of days after prey increase
and 2 more in this process

Roots and rhizosphere

1 step

Microbial loop releases nitrogen near roots

Bacteria and archaea

1 step

Viral lysis and protist grazing release nutrients

Soil fauna

1 step

Nematodes and protozoa graze microbes

Biological coupling: organic matter and soil food web

1 step

Predators graze microbes (protozoa, nematodes) and release nutrients

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Biological uptake, litter return and mineralization

1 step

Microbial turnover and grazing release nutrients

Soil nitrogen mineralization and immobilization turnover

1 step

Microbial death, viral lysis and grazing return microbial N to the organic pool

Soil food web energy transfer

1 step

Predator-prey nitrogen release (microbial loop)

Microbial dormancy, the seed bank and resuscitation

1 step

Cell dies by starvation, lysis or predation and releases carbon and nitrogen

Often found with

Soil bacteria 9 Nitrogen 8 Bacterial biomass 7 Carbon 6 Ammonium 6 Bacterivorous nematodes 6 Bacteriophages 3 Nematodes 3 Microbial biomass 2 Bacteria 1 Plant roots 1 Bacterial-feeding nematodes 1

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