Transcriptional response of nitrifying communities to wetting of dry soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3294-3302

  Placella, Sarah A ^a,c   Firestone, Mary K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; DROUGHT; LAKES; NITRIFICATION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL RNA; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; WATER;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASSLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; PROKARYOTE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTA; DROUGHT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BIOTA; DROUGHTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877628284     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00404-13     Document Type: Article

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