Fungal and bacterial growth in soil with plant materials of different C/N ratios

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-267

  Rousk, Johannes ^a   Bååth, Erland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetate in ergosterol incorporation; C N ratio; Ergosterol; Fungal and bacterial growth in soil; Leucine thymidine incorporation; Phospholipid fatty acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ERGOSTEROL; LEUCINE; THYMIDINE;

ALFALFA; BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FUNGUS; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; HORDEUM; LEUCINE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 35948951661     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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