Archaea rather than bacteria control nitrification in two agricultural acidic soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 566-574

  Gubry Rangin, Cécile ^a   Nicol, Graeme W ^a   Prosser, James I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Nitrification; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACETYLENE; ACID SOIL; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 78049277482     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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