Nitrification in acid soils: micro-organisms and mechanisms

By W. Boer, G. Kowalchuk. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Plant Science, Pollution

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Arbuscular mycorrhiza and soil nitrogen cycling (2012, background): “…by a limited number of studies (e.g. Li et al., 1991; Bago et al., 1996; Marschner and Baumann, 2003), and consequently modify availability of N-compounds (for example pH below 5.5 is detrimental for nitrification (e.g. De Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001) and this may reduce availability of NO 3 ).”
Biochemical cycling in the rhizosphere having an impact on global change (2009, neutral): “However, many of the approaches to study heterotrophic nitrification have been performed in pure culture systems and the significance of heterotrophic nitrification in soils still needs to be determined (DeBoer and Kowalchuk 2001; Stams et al. 1990).”
Chapter 14 – Nitrogen Transformations (2015, background): “We now recognize that nitrification can be high even in very acid forest soils (pH < 4.5; Robertson, 1989), although the physiological basis for this is still not well understood (De Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001).”
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria: a model for molecular microbial ecology. (2001, background): “A number of theories have been proposed, including the existence of acid-tolerant strains, microsites of relatively neutral pH, use of ureolytic activity as a source of ammonia, syntrophic associations with mineralizing organisms, and protection via aggregate formation (7, 43, 47, 48, 141).”
Current insights into the autotrophic thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation in acidic soils (2012, background): “These early discoveries paved the way for more convincing studies confirming that nitrification was a universal phenomenon in a wide range of acidic soils, and stimulated scientific interests to identify the responsible nitrifiers in soils (De Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001).”
Environmental factors shaping the ecological niches of ammonia-oxidizing archaea. (2009, background): “Yet, the existence or selection of specific AOB in acidic and neutral soils and the autotrophic ammonia oxidation in these environments have been demonstrated (de Boer & Kowalchuk, 2001; Nugroho et al., 2006).”
Pasture management clearly affects soil microbial community structure and N-cycling bacteria (2009, background): “As this step is rate limiting, detection of amoA is widely used to measure the biological capacity for the entire nitrification process (De Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001).”
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea have more important role than ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in ammonia oxidation of strongly acidic soils (2011, background): “…at low pH values have led to speculations that AOB was primarily responsible for the autotrophic nitrifying activity under acidic conditions (De Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001), but questions were raised regarding the tolerance of AOB to low-pH stresses, because most cultured isolates of AOB could…”
Nitrogen mineralization, immobilization turnover, heterotrophic nitrification, and microbial groups in acid forest soils of subtropical China (2012, background): “Nitrification can occur in soils with highly variable pH, even at pH 3 (De Boer and Kowalchuk 2001), because heterotrophic nitrification, by fungi, is not inhibited.”
Microbial communities and their relevance for ecosystem models: Decomposition as a case study (2010, background): “In addition, robust empirical evidence indicates that key nutrient transformations such as nitrification and nitrogen fixation are conducted by only a subset of microbes using specialized physiological pathways (Yanagi and Yamasato, 1993; de Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001).”
The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. (2008, background): “For example, rates of nitrification and, in particular, ammonia oxidation in soil are significantly reduced in acid soils ( de Boer and Kowalchuk, 2001 ), and significant batch growth of pure cultures of ammonia oxidizing bacteria in liquid growth media does not occur below pH 7 (de Boer and Laanbro”