Direct molecular biological analysis of ammonia oxidising bacteria populations in cultivated soil plots treated with swine manure

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-54

  Hastings, Richard C ^a   Ceccherini, Maria Teresa ^b   Miclaus, Nerino ^b   Saunders, Jon R ^a   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^c   McCarthy, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Ammonia monooxygenase gene; Ammonia oxidising bacteria; DNA amplification; Nitritication

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SWINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMOA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030790950     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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