Abundance of ammonia oxidizing microbes and denitrifiers in different soil horizons of an agricultural soil in relation to the cultivated crops

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1243-1246

  Fischer, Doreen ^a   Uksa, Marie ^b   Tischler, Wolfgang ^a   Kautz, Timo ^c   Köpke, Ulrich ^c   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidation; Arable soil; Microbial community; N2O reduction; Nitrite reduction; Root morphology; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIA; BIOACCUMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; ROOTING; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL; TURNOVER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84888011079     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0812-8     Document Type: Article

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