Nitrification along a grassland gradient: Inhibition found in matgrass swards

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-641

  Smits, N A C ^a,b   Hefting, M M ^a   Kamst van Agterveld, M P ^c   Laanbroek, H J ^a,c   Paalman, A J ^a   Bobbink, R ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidising activities; Mesobromion; Nardo Galion; Nitrate production; Nitrification; Nitrosospira; Thero Airion

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MESOBROMION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NARDO-GALION; NATURE RESERVES; NITRATE PRODUCTION; NITRIFICATION ACTIVITY; POTENTIAL NITRIFICATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL SAMPLE; VEGETATION TYPE; VEGETATION ZONE;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

VEGETATION;

AMMONIA; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HILLSLOPE; INHIBITION; NATURE RESERVE; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT LOSS; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWARD; VEGETATION TYPE;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NARDUS; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 77149148120     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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