Influence of nitrogen fertilization on soil ammonia oxidizer and denitrifier abundance, microbial biomass, and enzyme activities in an alpine meadow

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 703-713

  Tian, Xiao Fang ^a   Hu, Hang Wei ^b   Ding, Qiong ^a   Song, Ming Hua ^c   Xu, Xing Liang ^c   Zheng, Yong ^a,b   Guo, Liang Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing microorganism; Denitrifying bacteria; Nitrogen deposition; Quantitative PCR; Soil enzyme activity; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEADOW; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84899478478     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0889-0     Document Type: Article

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