Application of Real-Time PCR to Study Effects of Ammonium on Population Size of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1008-1016

  Okano, Yutaka ^a   Hristova, Krassimira R ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a   Denison, R Ford ^a   Gebreyesus, Binyam ^a   Lebauer, David ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH HAZARDS; OXIDATION;

FERTILIZATION; SOIL MICROCOMES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMMONIUM; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA PROBES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 2342655672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1008-1016.2004     Document Type: Article

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