Impact of sheep urine deposition and plant species on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in upland grassland soil

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Rooney, Deirdre C ^a,b   Clipson, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Interactions; Sheep urine; TRFLP; Upland grasslands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; WOOL;

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; INTERACTIONS; SHEEP URINE; TRFLP; UPLAND GRASSLANDS;

BODY FLUIDS;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; PASTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOIL MICROORGANISM; URINE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROSTIS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME PERCEPTION; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; SHEEP; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; URINE;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOLIUM PERENNE; NITROSOMONADALES; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 51549091387     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-065     Document Type: Article

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