Intensive management affects composition of betaproteobacterial ammonia oxidizers in turfgrass systems

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-190

  Dell, Emily A ^a   Bowman, Daniel ^a   Rufty, Thomas ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMMONIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONAS; NORTH CAROLINA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA SP. NSP65; POACEAE;

EID: 44849098683     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9335-x     Document Type: Article

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