Frontiers in the microbial processes of ammonia oxidation in soils and sediments

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1023-1029

  Shen, Ju Pei ^a,b   Xu, Zhihong ^b   He, Ji Zheng ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic ammonia oxidation; Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox); Microbial processes; Nitrogen management

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DOMINANCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84901190315     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0872-x     Document Type: Review

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