Influence of inorganic nitrogen management regime on the diversity of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in agricultural grassland soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8323-8334

  Freitag, Thomas E ^a   Chang, Lisa ^a   Clegg, Christopher D ^b   Prosser, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; SOILS;

GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA (NOB); NITROGEN MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

NITRITE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFIPIA; ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOTYPE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHYLOSINUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NITRITES; NITROBACTER; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

AFIPIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; METHYLOSINUS; NITROBACTER; NITROBACTER SP.; NITROSPIRA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 29144506348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8323-8334.2005     Document Type: Article

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