@inbook{b5b06fb7c1db463ca5146ebaa8364482,
title = "Nitrous oxide emission from soil as determined by the composition of denitrifying microbial population",
abstract = "To appreciate the importance of emission of hazardous nitrous and nitric oxide from the diverse terrestrial biotopes, it is essential to recognize the factors that may determine the intensity of N2O and NO formation by microbial flora. To determine the role of physicochemical soil properties and the specific role of denitrifying soil bacteria in the formation of gaseous nitrogen oxides by denitrification, model experiments were conducted with strains of denitrifying bacteria isolated from soils. The strains were inoculated in sterilized soil samples and submitted to different incubation conditions (variation of nitrate amount in soil and/or soil moisture content and/or anaerobic or aerobic atmosphere) in closed flasks. The flasks were analysed for atmosphere composition and for soil nitrogen fractions. Results show the specific role of denitrifying microorganisms in emission of N2O and NO from soil, as well as the specific reaction of this bacteria on polyfactorial variations of growth conditions. The importance of NOx formation in soil is related directly to the composition of microbial flora, and only indirectly to physicochemical soil properties.",
keywords = "NO (nitric oxide), NO (nitrous oxide), denitrification, soil bacteria",
author = "Munch, {J. C.}",
year = "1991",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-444-88900-3.50034-5",
language = "English",
series = "Developments in Geochemistry",
number = "C",
pages = "309--316",
booktitle = "Developments in Geochemistry",
edition = "C",
}