Impact of lime, nitrogen and plant species on bacterial community structure in grassland microcosms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1070-1080

  Kennedy, Nabla ^a   Brodie, Eoin ^a,b   Connolly, John ^a   Clipson, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OXIDES; POACEAE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; FESTUCA RUBRA; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NARDUS STRICTA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 4644283131     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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