Bacterial growth and growth-limiting nutrients following chronic nitrogen additions to a hardwood forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-37

  Kamble, Pramod N ^a,b,c   Rousk, Johannes ^c   Frey, Serita D ^d   Bååth, Erland ^c  

^a Padmashri Vikhe Patil College   (India)

^b K T H M COLLEGE   (India)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Leucine incorporation; Limiting factors; N availability; N deposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; LEUCINE INCORPORATION; LIMITING FACTORS; N AVAILABILITY; N-DEPOSITION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873616488     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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