Growth rate of bacteria is affected by soil texture and extraction procedure

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-224

  Uhlirova E ^a,b   Santruckova H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic activity of bacteria; Extraction of bacteria; Soil texture; Thymidine and leucine incorporation; Turnover of bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EXTRACTION; MIXING; SLURRIES; TEXTURES;

ULTRASONICATION;

SOILS;

BACTERIUM; EXTRACTION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; SOIL TEXTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037296235     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00254-7     Document Type: Article

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