SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF NITRIFYING (AMMONIUM-OXIDIZING) BACTERIA IN SOIL

Authors
FAIR RJ JAMIESON HM HOPKINS DW
Citation
Rj. Fair et al., SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF NITRIFYING (AMMONIUM-OXIDIZING) BACTERIA IN SOIL, Letters in applied microbiology, 18(3), 1994, pp. 162-164
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
162 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)18:3<162:SON(BI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
An experiment in which the effect of increasing periods of chloroform fumigation on nitrification in soil was determined indicated that the active nitrifying bacteria were located at sites in the soil which wer e readily accessible to diffusing gas. This suggestion was supported b y the distribution of potential nitrifying activity in relation to soi l pore size, which indicated that nitrifying bacteria were concentrate d in soil pores in the size range 136-214 mu m.