The biogeography of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in soil

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-445

  Fierer, Noah ^a   Carney, Karen M ^b   Horner Devine, M Claire ^c   Megonigal, J Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Stratus Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROSOMONADACEAE; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL;

AMMONIA; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROSOMONADACEAE; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 68549107702     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9517-9     Document Type: Article

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