Effects of temperature and fertilizer on activity and community structure of soil ammonia oxidizers

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 691-705

  Avrahami, Sharon ^a   Liesack, Werner ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMOA; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 0042197522     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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