Shen, W., Lin, X., Gao, N., Shi, W., Min, J., & He, X. (2011). Nitrogen fertilization changes abundance and community composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75(6), 2198-2205. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/909942088?accountid=15042
The effects of Nitrogen fertilization on the abundance and community composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are influenced by agricultural practices and the topic is covered in this article. When soil is fertilized by humans there is a change in the certain types of nitrifying bacteria that are among the clusters in Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. The increase of individual types of bacteria in the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in soil are also influenced by the type of fertilizers either chemical fertilizers and organic manure type fertilizer. Mixtures of organic and chemical fertilizers had a synergistic effect on the rates and shift of the main nitrogen fixing bacterias, Nitrosomonas communis and Nitrosospira clusters. Ph of the soil also has an effect on the ammonia oxidizing bacteria community and their composition. An article at Agriculture.com http://www.agriculture.com/machinery/precision-agriculture/nutrient-management/Protect-N_239-ar5532
"Protect N." Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Machinery. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2014. .
also touches on the effects that fertilizers have on farm soils and the gaps that chemical fertilizers can fill during the seasons and abundance of captured nitrogen.
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