Responses of bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers to soil organic and fertilizer amendments under long-term management

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-200

  Wessén, Ella ^a   Nyberg, Karin ^b   Jansson, Janet K ^c   Hallin, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Ammonia oxidation; AmoA gene; AOA; AOB

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 77954145652     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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