Abundance and community structure of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in response to fertilization and mowing in a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-79

  Chen, Yong Liang ^a,b   Hu, Hang Wei ^a   Han, Hong Yan ^c   Du, Yue ^b   Wan, Shi Qiang ^c   Xu, Zhu Wen ^d   Chen, Bao Dong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing Archaea; Ammonia oxidizing Bacteria; Fertilization; Land management practices; Mowing; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOWING; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEPPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER;

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHINA; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOWING; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING ARCHAEA; AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; FERTILIZATION; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MOWING; NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CHINA; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903754769     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12336     Document Type: Article

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