Effects of soil improvement treatments on bacterial community structure and soil processes in an upland grassland soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-22

  Gray, Neil D ^a   Hastings, Richard C ^b   Sheppard, Samuel K ^c   Loughnane, Paul ^b   Lloyd, David ^c   McCarthy, Alan J ^b   Head, Ian M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Functional redundancy; TTGE

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM OXIDE; DNA 16S; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRASSLAND; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0142091648     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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