Nitrification and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria shift in response to soil moisture and plant litter quality in arid soils from the Patagonian Monte

Pedobiologia

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Marcos, Magalí S ^a   Bertiller, Mónica B ^a,b   Saraví Cisneros, Hebe ^a   Olivera, Nelda L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Arid soils; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIUM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LITTER; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARIZONA; PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84958918379     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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