Mineralization and nitrification: Archaea dominate ammonia-oxidising communities in grassland soils
Mineralization and nitrification: Archaea dominate ammonia-oxidising communities in grassland soils
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DOI:
10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107725
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发表时间:
2020-04-01
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
Whitby, Corinne
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作者:
Clark, Dave R.;McKew, Boyd A.;Whitby, Corinne
In grasslands, N mineralization and nitrification are important processes and are controlled by several factors, including the in situ microbial community composition. Nitrification involves ammonia oxidising archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) and although AOA and AOB co-exist in soils, they respond differently to environmental characteristics and there is evidence of AOA/AOB niche differentiation. Here, we investigated temporal variation in N mineralization and nitrification rates, together with bacterial, archaeal and ammonia-oxidiser communities in grassland soils, on different geologies: clay, Greensand and Chalk. Across geologies, N mineralization and nitrification rates were slower in the autumn than the rest of the year. Turnover times for soil ammonium pools were