Effects of soil management on structure and activity of denitrifying bacterial communities

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Pastorelli, Roberta ^a   Landi, Silvia ^a   Trabelsi, Darine ^b   Piccolo, Raimondo ^a   Mengoni, Alessio ^b   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^b   Pagliai, Marcello ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Denitrification; DGGE; Managements; MRNA; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 80052170901     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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