Co-tolerance to zinc and copper of the soil nitrifying community and its relationship with the community structure

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-80

  Ruyters, Stefan ^a   Mertens, Jelle ^a   Springael, Dirk ^a   Smolders, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Co tolerance; Convergence; DGGE; Nitrifying community; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CO-TOLERANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONVERGENCE; CU TOLERANCE; DGGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITRIFYING COMMUNITY; PHYLOTYPES; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TOLERANCE MECHANISMS; TRACE METAL; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS;

CONTAMINATION; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONVERGENCE; COPPER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 80053962334     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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