New evidence that high potential nitrification rates occur in soils during dry seasons: Are microbial communities metabolically active during dry seasons?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-31

  Sullivan, Benjamin W ^a   Selmants, Paul C ^b   Hart, Stephen C ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Arid ecosystems; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Seasonal dynamics; Wet dry cycles

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARCHAEA; ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; WET-DRY CYCLE;

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; DRY SEASON; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROKARYOTE; SUBSTRATE; WET SEASON;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84861943697     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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