Links between ammonia oxidizer community structure, abundance, and nitrification potential in acidic soils

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4618-4625

  Yao, Huaiying ^a   Gao, Yangmei ^a   Nicol, Graeme W ^b   Campbell, Colin D ^c   Prosser, James I ^b   Zhang, Limei ^d   Han, Wenyan ^e   Singh, Brajesh K ^b,c,f  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^f WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOILS; AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; ARCHAEA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HIGH POTENTIAL; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MONOOXYGENASES; N CONTENT; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; ORCHARD SOILS; PH VALUE; PINE FOREST; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL PH; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; GENES; NITRIFICATION; ORCHARDS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABUNDANCE; ACID SOIL; ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST SOIL; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; ORCHARD; OXIDATION; PH; PROKARYOTE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; PINE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; TEA; TREE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEA; TREES;

CHINA;

EID: 79960106693     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00136-11     Document Type: Article

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