Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long-term fertilization practices.
Quantitative analyses of the abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea of a Chinese upland red soil under long-term fertilization practices.
Ji‐Zheng He,Ju-Pei Shen,4 Authors,H. Di
2007 · DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2007.01358.X
Environmental Microbiology · 979 Citations
TLDR
Significant positive correlations were observed among the population sizes of AOB and AOA, soil pH and potential nitrification rates, indicating that both AOBand AOA played an important role in ammonia oxidation in the soil.