Effects of plant litter type and additions of nitrogen and phosphorus on bacterial community-level physiological profiles in a brown forest soil

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-71

  Kunito, Takashi ^a   Nagaoka, Kazunari ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial community level physiological profile; BIOLOG; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant litter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARIX; SASA;

EID: 67650251292     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08546     Document Type: Article

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