Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria on root biofilms and their possible contribution to N use efficiency of different rice cultivars

Plant and Soil

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-348

  Briones Jr , Aurelio M ^a   Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Umemiya, Yoshiaki ^b   Ramsing, Niels Birger ^c   Reichardt, Wolfgang ^d   Okuyama, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Biofilm; Nitrogen uptake; Nitrosomonas; Nitrosospira; Oryza sativa

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; OXIDATION; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0038243094     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022897621223     Document Type: Article

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