Ammonia concentration determines differential growth of ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria in soil microcosms

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1067-1071

  Verhamme, Daniel T ^a   Prosser, James I ^a   Nicol, Graeme W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonia concentration; ammonia oxidising archaea; ammonia oxidising bacteria; amoA; nitrification

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRITE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; GROWTH RATE; ION; MICROCOSM; NICHE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956265889     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.191     Document Type: Article

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