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Fischer, D. ; Uksa, M.* ; Tischler, W. ; Kautz, T.* ; Köpke, U.* ; Schloter, M.

Abundance of ammonia oxidizing microbes and denitrifiers in different soil horizons of an agricultural soil in relation to the cultivated crops.

Biol. Fertil. Soils 49, 1243-1246 (2013)
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The role of subsoils and their microbial communities for the nutrient supply for plants is to a large extent unknown, especially in comparison to well investigated topsoil layers. Therefore, in this study, the influence of three different plant species with different rooting systems and different N uptake strategies on ammonium and nitrate levels and microbial communities involved in ammonia oxidation and denitrification was investigated in different soil horizons. Overall, our results show a higher genetic potential for both processes in topsoils than in subsoils independent of the present plant. Although we found accumulation of N in top and subsoils in plots with legumes, we could not observe an impact of the higher nitrate content on the genetic potential of denitrification and ammonia oxidation. However, differences in the ratios of ammonia oxidizing archaea to bacteria and also between denitrifying bacteria harboring genes for copper- (nirK) or cytochrome- (nirS) dependent nitrite reductase in top and subsoil samples reveal different ecophysiologies of microbes involved in N turnover in top and subsoil habitats.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Ammonia oxidation; Arable soil; Microbial community; N2O reduction; Nitrite reduction; Root morphology; Subsoil; Nitrogen ; Archaea ; Water
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0178-2762
e-ISSN 1432-0789
Quellenangaben Band: 49, Heft: 8, Seiten: 1243-1246 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Springer
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed