Impact of plant functional group, plant species, and sampling time on the composition of nirK-typt denitrifier communities in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6876-6884

  Bremer, Christina ^a   Braker, Gesche ^a   Matthies, Diethart ^b   Reuter, Andreas ^c   Engels, Christof ^d   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; NITROGEN; POLYMORPHISM; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFIER COMMUNITIES; NONLEGUMINOUS PLANTS; SOIL BIOTA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENOTYPE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; ROOT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; FORB; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; NIRK GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIALES; SOIL PROPERTY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOMASS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, PLANT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

POACEAE; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 35948950775     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01536-07     Document Type: Article

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