Urea fertilization and grass species alter microbial nitrogen cycling capacity and activity in a C4 native grassland

Soil microbial transformation of nitrogen (N) in nutrient-limited native C4 grasslands can be affected by N fertilization rate and C4 grass species. Here, we report in situ dynamics of the population size (gene copy abundances) and activity (transcript copy abundances) of five functional genes invol...

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Main Authors: Jialin Hu, Jonathan D. Richwine, Patrick D. Keyser, Fei Yao, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jennifer M. DeBruyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/13874.pdf