Comparative diversity of ammonia oxidizer 16S rRNA gene sequences in native, tilled, and successional soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2994-3000

  Bruns, Mary Ann ^a,d   Stephen, John R ^b,c,e   Kowalchuk, George A ^c   Prosser, James I ^b   Paul, Eldor A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0033015223     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.7.2994-3000.1999     Document Type: Article

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