Nitrification activity and putative ammonia-oxidizing archaea in acidic red soils

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Huang, Rong ^a   Wu, Yucheng ^a   Zhang, Jinbo ^a   Zhong, Wenhui ^b   Jia, Zhongjun ^a   Cai, Zucong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

15N pool enrichment technique; Acidic red soils; Archaeal ammonia oxidation; Crenarchaeota specific 16S rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACID SOIL; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIA; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ELECTROKINESIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; RED SOIL; SUBSTRATE;

CHINA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; CINNAMOMUM; CRENARCHAEOTA; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84857138049     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-011-0450-4     Document Type: Article

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