Quantitative analyses of nitrogen cycling genes in soils

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-672

  Wallenstein, Matthew D ^a,b   Vilgalys, Rytas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Denitrification; Functional genes; Quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

DUKE FOREST; HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744511084     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.05.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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