Abstract
Lees and Quastel1 described a soil perfusion apparatus in which a liquid could be passed continuously through a column of soil under conditions of maximum aeration. The apparatus as modified by Audus2 has been used in the present investigations on the biological oxidation of iron in soil.
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Lees, H., and Quastel, J. H., Chem. and Indust., 26, 238 (1944); Biochem. J., 40, 803 (1946).
Audus, L. J., Nature, 158, 419 (1946).
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GLEEN, H. Biological Oxidation of Iron in Soil. Nature 166, 871–872 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166871b0
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