Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen-rich grassland soils
Nitrification driven by bacteria and not archaea in nitrogen-rich grassland soils
H. Di,K. Cameron,4 Authors,Ji‐Zheng He
2009 · DOI: 10.1038/NGEO613
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TLDR
It is suggested that nitrification is driven by bacteria rather than archaea in these nitrogen-rich grassland soils in New Zealand, with a significant relationship between the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and the rate of nitrification.