Response of the chitinolytic microbial community to chitin amendments of dune soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-177

  De Boer, W ^a   Gerards, S ^a   Klein Gunnewiek, P J A ^a   Modderman, R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Bacteria; Chitin degradation; Fungi; Succession

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL;

DUNE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

FUSARIUM; MORTIERELLA;

EID: 0032906139     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050541     Document Type: Article

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