Influence of freeze-thaw stress on the structure and function of microbial communities and denitrifying populations in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2148-2154

  Sharma, Shilpi ^a   Szele, Zsofia ^a   Schilling, Rolf ^a   Munch, Jean Charles ^a   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIFFUSION; DNA; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RNA; SOILS;

DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; HIGH MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSMS; REAL-TIME GAS MEASUREMENTS;

DENITRIFICATION;

ACRYLAMIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; RNA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; FREEZE THAWING; GAS TRANSPORT; GENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROFLORA; NAPA GENE; NIRS GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644965938     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2148-2154.2006     Document Type: Article

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