Bacterial pH-optima for growth track soil pH, but are higher than expected at low pH

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1569-1575

  Fernández Calviño, David ^a,b   Rousk, Johannes ^b,c   Brookes, Philip C ^d   Bååth, Erland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Leucine incorporation; PH optima; PH tolerance; Soil acidity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; LEUCINE INCORPORATION; PH-OPTIMA; PH-TOLERANCE; SOIL ACIDITY;

AMINO ACIDS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ACID SOIL; BACTERIUM; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955979968     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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