Functional diversity of soil bacterial communities increases after maize litter amendment

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Sharma, Shobha ^a   Rangger, Andrea ^a   Von Lützow, Margit ^b   Insam, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biology; Community level physiological profiles; Maize litter; Microbial diversity; Mulching

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT; SOIL BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032056324     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1164-5563(99)90001-8     Document Type: Article

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