Nitrification and occurrence of Nitrobacter by MPN-PCR in low and high nitrifying coniferous forest soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Degrange, V ^a   Couteaux M M ^b   Anderson, J M ^c   Berg, M P ^d   Lensi, R ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acid soils; Autotrophic nitrification; Coniferous forest; Nictrobacter; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ABACA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST SOIL; FRANCE; MICROBE METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PODZOL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOREST SOIL; NITRIFICATION;

MUSA TEXTILIS; NITROBACTER; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0031978771     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004344631379     Document Type: Article

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