Ammonia-oxidizing activity under extremely oligotrophic conditions in strongly acid tea soils

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 711-718

  Yokoyama, Kazuhira ^a,b   Kimura, Hideya ^a,c   Shinozaki, Hiroya ^a,d  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid soil; Ammonia availability; Nitrification; Oligotrophic nitrifiers; Probing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA; NITROSOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0142102405     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2003.10410329     Document Type: Article

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