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The influence of land use on the abundance and diversity of ammonia oxidizers.
Current microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
Zhao Dayong, Luo Juan, Wang Jianqun, Huang Rui, Guo Kun, Li Yi, Wu Qinglong L
Abstract excerpt
Nitrification plays a significant role in soil nitrogen cycling, a process in which the first step can be catalyzed by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). In this study, six soil samples with distinct land-use regimes (forestland soil, paddy soil, wheat-planted soil, fruit-planted soil, grassland soil, and rape-planted soil) were collected from Chuzhou city in the Anhui province...
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