Long-term impacts of zinc and copper enriched sewage sludge additions on bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities in arable and grassland soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 932-941

  Macdonald, Catriona A ^a,c   Clark, Ian M ^a   Zhao, Fang Jie ^a   Hirsch, Penny R ^a   Singh, Brajesh K ^b,c   McGrath, Steve P ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Community structure; Cu; Fungi; Sewage sludge; T RFLP; Zn

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CU; T-RFLP; ZN;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; FUNGI; METAL DRAWING; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; ZINC;

COPPER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COPPER; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79952452209     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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