Utilization of organic nitrogen by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi—is there a specific role for protists and ammonia oxidizers?

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 269-283

  Bukovská, Petra ^a   Bonkowski, Michael ^b   Konvalinková, Tereza ^a   Beskid, Olena ^a   Hujslová, Martina ^a   Püschel, David ^a   Řezáčová, Veronika ^a   Gutiérrez Núñez, María Semiramis ^c   Gryndler, Milan ^a   Jansa, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

15N labeling; Metatranscriptomics; Organic nitrogen (N); Quantitative real time PCR (qPCR); Root free compartments; Soil microbial loop

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CRUSTACEAN; FUNGUS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PROTIST; RECYCLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; NITROSOMONADALES; PROTISTA; RHIZOPHAGUS; TRIFOLIUM;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANDROPOGON; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMMONIA; ANDROPOGON; BACTERIA; HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 85042117862     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-018-0825-0     Document Type: Article

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