Analysis of ammonia monooxygenase and archaeal 16S rRNA gene fragments in nitrifying acid-sulfate soil microcosms

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-174

  Nakaya, Asami ^a   Onodera, Yuki ^a   Nakagawa, Tatsunori ^b   Satoh, Kazuo ^a,c   Takahashi, Reiji ^b   Sasaki, Satohiko ^b   Tokuyama, Tatsuaki ^b  

^a Nikon University   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid sulfate soil; Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Low pH; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 70349995572     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09104     Document Type: Article

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