Use of molecular and isotopic techniques to monitor the response of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing populations of the β subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in arable soils to nitrogen fertilizer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4155-4162

  Mendum, T A ^a,b   Sockett, R E ^b   Hirsch, P R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032874459     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4155-4162.1999     Document Type: Article

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