Effect of alum treatment on the concentration of total and ureolytic microorganisms in poultry litter

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2360-2367

  Cook, Kimberly L ^a   Rothrock Jr , Michael J ^a   Warren, Jason G ^a   Sistani, Karamat R ^a   Moore Jr , Philip A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; LEAD; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; UREA;

16S RRNA GENES; 18S RRNA; ALUM TREATMENTS; ALUMINUM SULFATES; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; INCUBATION STUDIES; MICROBIAL MINERALIZATIONS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL PROCESSES; ORGANIC NITROGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; POULTRY LITTERS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; UREASE GENES; UREOLYTIC; URIC ACIDS;

SULFATE MINERALS;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; RIBOSOME RNA; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POULTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHICKENS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FUNGI; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MANURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 57049179445     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0024     Document Type: Article

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