Liming induces growth of a diverse flora of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in acid spruce forest soil as determined by SSCP and DGGE

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1337-1347

  Bäckman, Jenny S K ^a   Hermansson, Anna ^a   Tebbe, Christoph C ^b   Lindgren, Per Eric ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institut fur Agrarokologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Acid coniferous forest; Ammonia oxidising bacteria; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Liming; Nitrosospira; Single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FORESTRY; GENES; PH EFFECTS; RNA;

LIMING EFFECTS;

SOIL TESTING;

FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(SOUTHWEST); SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NITROSOSPIRA; PICEA;

EID: 0141786957     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00213-X     Document Type: Article

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