Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in acid forest soil during conditions of moisture limitation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Hastings, R C ^a   Butler, C ^c   Singleton, I ^b   Saunders, J R ^a   McCarthy, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Univetsity of Liverpool ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FORESTRY; RNA; SOILS;

%MOISTURE; 16S RRNA GENE; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CONDITION; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; FOREST SOILS; NITROSOMONAS; RAPID RECOVERY; SOIL PH;

MOISTURE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; RAIN; RNA 16S;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FOREST; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 0034010942     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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