Incorporation of urea-derived 13C into microbial communities in four different agriculture soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 603-612

  Wang, Juan ^a,b   Thornton, Barry ^c   Yao, Huaiying ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbial community structure; pH; PLFA; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; UREA;

EID: 84899473731     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0881-8     Document Type: Article

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