Nitrification in acid soils: Micro-organisms and mechanisms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 853-866

  De Boer, W ^a   Kowalchuk, G A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia mono oxygenase; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Autotrophic nitrification; Heterotrophic nitrification; Nitrosospira

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GAS; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ACIDITY;

ACID SOIL; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0034973916     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00247-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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