High abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in acidified subtropical forest soils in southern China after long-term N deposition

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-203

  Isobe, Kazuo ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^b   Suwa, Yuichi ^c   Ikutani, Junko ^b   Fang, Yunting ^b,d   Yoh, Muneoki ^b   Mo, Jiangming ^d   Otsuka, Shigeto ^a   Senoo, Keishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidic forest soil; Archaeal nitrification; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; NITRITE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL; TREE;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLIMATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

CHINA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 84857916979     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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