(1) State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China;(2) Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;
Abstract:
Purpose
Experiments were conducted to examine the effects of mercury (Hg) on soil nitrification activities and the microbial communities
of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA).