Soil properties that impact yeast and actinomycete numbers in sandy low nutrient soils

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1369-1374

  Vreulink, Jo Marie ^a   Esterhuyse, Annerina ^a   Jacobs, Karin ^a   Botha, Alfred ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ecology; Soil; Soil chemistry; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; YEAST;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL YEASTS;

SOILS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; YEAST;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; YEAST;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CATIONS, DIVALENT; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); PROKARYOTA; PROTOFUNGI;

EID: 38949133447     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-092     Document Type: Article

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