A review of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in Chinese soils

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Ju Pei ^a   Zhang, Li Mei ^a   Di, Hong J ^b   He, Ji Zheng ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Chinese soil; Distribution; Fertilization; Inhibition; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875773010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00296     Document Type: Review

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