Short-term population dynamics of ammonia oxidizing bacteria in an agricultural soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Cavagnaro, T R ^a   Jackson, L E ^b   Hristova, K ^b   Scow, K M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ammonia monooxygenase (amoA); Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB); Nitrification; Quantitative realtime PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 47549118669     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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