Effect of drying and rewetting on bacterial growth rates in soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-407

  Iovieno, Paola ^a,b   Bååth, Erland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Leucine incorporation; Respiration; Rewetting; Soil moisture; Thymidine incorporation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LEUCINE; THYMIDINE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; RESPIRATION; REWETTING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DRYING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL REWETTING; SOIL TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; DESICCATION; GLUCOSE; LEUCINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; THYMIDINE; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49249127270     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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