Activity, size and structure of a Nitrobacter community as affected by organic carbon and nitrite in sterile soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Degrange, Valérie ^a   Lensi, Robert ^a   Bardin, René ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Community structure; Immunofluorescence; Nitrite oxidation; Nitrobacter; Sterile soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRITE;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER HAMBURGENSIS;

EID: 0030657845     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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