The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria.
The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria.
G. Nicol,S. Leininger,C. Schleper,J. Prosser
2008 · DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01701.x
Environmental Microbiology · 1,299 Citations
TLDR
Findings suggest that different bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizer phylotypes are selected in soils of different pH and that these differences in community structure and abundances are reflected in different contributions to ammonia oxidation activity.