Autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria contribute minimally to nitrification in a nitrogen-impacted forested ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 197-206

  Jordan, Fiona L ^a,c   Cantera, J Jason L ^a   Fenn, Mark E ^b   Stein, Lisa Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY;

ACIDIC SOILS; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; DEPOSITION RATES; STERILIZED SOILS;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OXIDIZING AGENT; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NITRIFICATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA MULTIFORMIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA MULTIFORMIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 12244291014     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.197-206.2005     Document Type: Article

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