Environmental controls on denitrifying communities and denitrification rates: Insights from molecular methods

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2143-2152

  Wallenstein, Matthew D ^a   Myrold, David D ^b   Firestone, Mary ^c   Voytek, Mary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Functional genes; Microbial community composition; Molecular techniques; N2O; nar; nirK; nirS; nor; nosZ; Proximal and distal controls

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33845492873     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2143:ECODCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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