Chapter 1 Introduction 10p
1-1 What are sclerotium grains?
1-2 Cenococcum geophilum and sclerotia
1-3 Sclerotium grain studies in Earth Science
PART I Chemical and Physical Properties of Sclerotium Grains 90p
Chapter 2 Major and minor elemental composition SEM-EDS, EPMA, PIXE,
C-NMR, FT-IR, Al-NMR, TEM-EDX Watanabe and Bolormaa
Chapter 3 Life age of Cg sclerotia 14C age and stable isotope ratioδ13C
Watanabe
Chapter 4 Existing amount and strength properties of sclerotium grains
Sakagami
Chapter 5 Carbon decomposition and Al enrichment Watanabe, Sakagami
Chapter 6 Micromorphology in sclerotium grains (Boemite, opaline silica)
Watanabe
Chapter 7 Heavy metal concentration in sclerotia grains Watanabe and
Bolormaa
Part II Biological Properties of Sclerotium Grains 80p
Chapter 8 Fungal communities in sclerotia Nonoyama & Narisawa& Amasya
Chapter 9 Sclerotia and Soil Anthropods -Niche differentiation of
fungivorous Acari and Collembola in Japanese beech forest soils- Amasya
Chapter 10 Bacterial communities in sclerotia Sphingomonas and Ralstonia
picketti Ohta
Chapter 11 Sclerotium grains as Microbial carrier in soil Nonoyama
Part III Ecological Distribution of Sclerotium Grains 90p
Chapter 12 Active aluminum status as regulating factor of sclerotium
distribution
Myoko, Podzols, Braunerde Harz mts. Germany Watanabe
Chapter 13 Altitudinal and seasonal distribution of sclerotia grains
Sakagami
Chapter 14 Micro-topographical distribution of sclerotia grains in Picea
abies forest, Harz Mts. Sakagami
Chapter 15 Forest stand structure and sclerotium grains, Mt. Chokai,
Central Japan Guo
Chapter 16 Conclusion 5p
A Mesoscale component in Soil >>>>> Function of Vital Soil Watanabe
