Improvement of preservation method for ammonia-oxidizing bacteria by freeze-drying

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 777-781

  Satoh, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Tomohiro ^a   Oguro, Yuuichi ^a   Takahashi, Reiji ^a   Tokuyama, Tatsuaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Freeze drying; Nitrifying bacteria; Preservation; Silica gel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 10044296118     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2004.10408535     Document Type: Article

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