Temporal dynamics of ammonia oxidizer (amoA) and denitrifier (nirK) communities in the rhizosphere of a rice ecosystem from Tai Lake region, China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 210-218

  Hussain, Qaiser ^a   Liu, Yongzhuo ^a   Jin, Zhenjiang ^a   Zhang, Afeng ^a   Pan, Genxing ^a   Li, Lianqing ^a   Crowley, David ^b   Zhang, Xuhui ^a   Song, Xiangyun ^a   Cui, Liqiang ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizer (amoA); Denitrifier (nirK); DGGE; QPCR; Rice rhizosphere; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956029629     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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