Effects of grassland species on decomposition of litter and soil microbial communities

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Hossain, M Zabed ^a,b   Okubo, Atsushi ^a   Sugiyama, Shu ichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); Litter chemistry; Microbial community; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA)

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; FATTY ACID; GRASSLAND; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77950460212     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0648-8     Document Type: Article

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