Cycloheximide inhibition of peptone-induced nitrate production across a soil moisture gradient

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-290

  Castaldi, Simona ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Fungal nitrification; Inhibition; Water filled pore space

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; NITRIFICATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 17644385913     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0834-y     Document Type: Article

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