The role of bacteria and protists in nitrogen turnover in ant nest and forest floor material: A laboratory experiment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61388971:_____/15:00455592

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.05.004" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.05.004</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.05.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.05.004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The role of bacteria and protists in nitrogen turnover in ant nest and forest floor material: A laboratory experiment

Original language description

Wood ant nests are hotspots of nutrients and microbial activity in nutrient-limited coniferous forest ecosystems, as ants accumulate honeydew and nutrients in their nests due to foraging and building activities. In this study we carried out a microcosm experiment focussing on the role of bacteria and protozoa on carbon and nitrogen turnover in nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor litter materials. Two types of litter material, (i) ant nest material or (ii) surrounding forest floor material were sterilized and inoculated either with bacteria alone (B treatment) or with bacteria and protozoa in combination (BP treatment). The litter materials were subsequently incubated in laboratory microcosms for 21 days. Respiration of the microcosms was measured during the whole incubation period and leachates were sampled every week and analysed for ammonium and nitrate. Our results showed lower ammonium leaching and increased respiration in the BP treatment, which could be explained by higher microbial

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EE - Microbiology, virology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Soil Biology

ISSN

1164-5563

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL-AUG 2015

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

66-73

UT code for WoS article

000357752600009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84930614022