Effect of soil ammonium concentration on N2O release and on the community structure of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5685-5692

  Avrahami, Sharon ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^a   Braker, Gesche ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOASSAY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; NITRIFICATION; RNA; SOILS;

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA SP.;

EID: 0036840895     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5685-5692.2002     Document Type: Article

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