Responses of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to nitrogen fertilization and precipitation increment in a typical temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-45

  Chen, Yongliang ^a   Xu, Zhuwen ^b   Hu, Hangwei ^a   Hu, Yajun ^a   Hao, Zhipeng ^a   Jiang, Yong ^b   Chen, Baodong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Nitrogen deposition; Potential nitrification rate; Precipitation increment; Temperate steppe

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

EID: 84876709903     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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