Structure and function of the soil microbial community in a long-term fertilizer experiment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 453-461

  Marschner, Petra ^a   Kandeler, Ellen ^b   Marschner, Bernd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial community structure; Mineral fertilizer; Organic amendment; Phospholipid fatty acid; Sewage sludge; Soil enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS; MICROORGANISMS;

ORGANIC FERTILIZERS;

SOILS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP RESIDUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL;

COLOGNE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0037341253     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00297-3     Document Type: Article

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