Relative abundance of denitrifying and dinitrogen-fixing bacteria in layers of a forest soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Mergel, Alexander ^a   Schmitz, Oliver ^a   Mallmann, Thomas ^a   Bothe, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; DNA probing with soil bacterium; Nitrogen fixation; Soil bacterium; Soil DNA isolation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; DNA; NITRATE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENSITOMETRY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FOREST; GENE PROBE; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035001349     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(01)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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