Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria communities and their influence on the nitrification potential of Chinese soils measured by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1318-1324

  Yuan, Fei ^a   Ran, Wei ^a   Hu, Jiang ^a   Shen, Qi Rong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Nitrification activity; Soil

Indexed keywords

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 21444444701     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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