pH-dependent distribution of soil ammonia oxidizers across a large geographical scale as revealed by high-throughput pyrosequencing

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1439-1449

  Hu, Hang Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Li Mei ^a   Dai, Yu ^a,b   Di, Hong Jie ^c   He, Ji Zheng ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

454 Pyrosequencing; Ammonia oxidizers; Nitrogen cycling; Soil pH; Spatial distribution; Thaumarchaeota

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881551962     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-013-0726-y     Document Type: Article

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