Wessén, Ella
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2011Peer reviewed
Abundance of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers - Possible bioindicator for soil monitoring
Wessén, Ella; Hallin, Sara Gates
Abstract
Many soil functions are driven by soil microorganisms and they have therefore been identified as appropriate indicators for monitoring of soil status. Genetic profiling of the bacterial ammonia oxidizing community was recently top-scored as soil biological indicator (Ritz et al., 2009). However, ammonia oxidation is not only performed by bacteria, but also ammonia oxidizing archaea. Based on the suggested niche differentiation between these two groups and findings that they are susceptible to environmental change in soil ecosystems at varying scales, we suggest that the abundance of these two communities rather than community profiling of the ammonia oxidizing bacteria could serve as a relevant and cost-effective bioindicator for soil monitoring. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Ammonia oxidation; AOB; AOA; Bioindicator; Biological soil status; Quantitative PCR
Published in
Ecological Indicators
2011, volume: 11, number: 6, pages: 1696-1698
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
SLU Authors
Hallin, Sara
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.018
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/58109