Coupling Between and Among Ammonia Oxidizers and Nitrite Oxidizers in Grassland Mesocosms Submitted to Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen Supply

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 809-818

  Simonin, Marie ^a,b   Le Roux, Xavier ^b   Poly, Franck ^b   Lerondelle, Catherine ^b   Hungate, Bruce A ^c   Nunan, Naoise ^a   Niboyet, Audrey ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Global change; Grasslands; Niche differentiation; Nitrification; Nitrite oxidizers

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; DACTYLIS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DACTYLIS; GRASSLAND; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84942551841     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0604-9     Document Type: Article

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