A positive relationship between the abundance of ammonia oxidizing archaea and natural abundance δ15N of ecosystems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-315

  Adair, Karen ^a,b   Blazewicz, Steven J ^a,c   Hungate, Bruce A ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a,d   Dijkstra, Paul ^a   Schwartz, Egbert ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ecosystem N release; Natural abundance15N Composition; Nitrification; Soil DNA

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; ELEVATION GRADIENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL DNA;

AMMONIA; DNA; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; CORRELATION; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE;

ARIZONA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880314136     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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