Stimulation of thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation by ammonia derived from organic nitrogen but not added inorganic nitrogen

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-123

  Levičnik Höfferle, Špela ^a,b   Nicol, Graeme W ^b   Ausec, Luka ^a   Mandić Mulec, Ines ^a   Prosser, James I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Mineralization; Nitrification; Soil; Thaumarchaea

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; TREE;

AMMONIA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; FERTILIZERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84857913741     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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