长期定位施肥对石灰性紫色水稻土古菌群落结构的影响

为了认识长期施肥对石灰性紫色水稻土培肥和肥力演化的作用,结合变性梯度凝胶电泳(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis,DGGE)和限制性酶切片段长度多态性(RFLP)技术,研究了稻麦轮作下农家肥(M)、氮肥+农家肥(NM)、氮磷肥+农家肥(NPM)、氮磷钾肥+农家肥(NPKM)、无肥(CK)、氮肥(N)、氮磷肥(NP)、氮磷钾肥(NPK)等不同施肥制度对石灰性紫色水稻土古菌群落结构的影响.研究结果表明,长期定位施肥明显影响土壤中的古菌组成.在长期施用氮肥+农家肥、氮磷肥和氮磷钾肥+农家肥处理的土壤中,古菌多样性指数低于农家肥、氮磷肥+农家肥、无肥、氮肥和氮磷钾肥处理.在DGGE图谱的基础上,分别选择种植水稻和小麦的氮磷钾肥处理土壤样品,对古菌克隆子的16S rDNA序列进行了系统发育分析,发现水稻七古菌与各种土壤及水体环境的古菌极其相似.对DGGE图谱的聚类分析发现,不管是种植水稻还是小麦,8种施肥处理的古菌都聚在3个群里.种植水稻时,M和NPK处理下的土壤古菌聚成第一个群,NP处理下的聚成第二个群,另外5种施肥处理(NPKM,NM,Ck,N和NPM)聚成第三个群.种植小麦时,NPKM和M处理下的土壤古菌聚成一个群,NP处理下的聚成第二个群,N、NPK、NM、NPM和CK处理下的聚成第三个群.聚类分析结果显示,作物类型会影响土壤古菌群落结构.     

不同施肥制度对石灰性紫色水稻土中氨氧化古菌群落结构的影响

研究不同施肥制度对水稻土氨氧化古菌(AOA)群落结构和垂直分布特征的影响,可以深入认识不同施肥制度下的石灰性紫色水稻土氮素循环特征及微生物驱动机制,为该地区科学施肥、培肥地力提供理论依据。利用化学分析和变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)对不同施肥制度下石灰性紫色水稻土理化性质和AOA群落结构进行了分析。结果显示:相对于无肥处理,施肥会降低石灰性紫色水稻土pH和硝氮含量,而增加土壤有机质、全氮和氨氮含量。伴随土壤深度增加,土壤pH增加,全氮和硝氮含量降低,氨氮含量变化趋势不明显。不同施肥制度在不同土壤深度对石灰性紫色水稻土AOA群落结构产生不同的胁迫效应,不同施肥制度下的AOA群落结构在0—20 cm处差异不明显;土壤深度增加,不同施肥制度下的AOA群落结构表现出明显差异,CK和N肥处理下的AOA群落结构较简单。AOA群落结构多样性指数和丰富度随土壤深度增加而减小。石灰性紫色水稻土AOA与来自不同土壤和水体环境的AOA具有明显相似性。冗余梯度分析(RDA)显示pH(P=0.012)是造成石灰性紫色水稻土AOA群落结构差异的主要原因。研究揭示石灰性紫色水稻土中的AOA群落结构受施肥制度明显影响并表现出明显的垂直分布特征。     

长期施肥制度对稻田土壤反硝化细菌群落活性和结构的影响

以中国科学院桃源农业生态试验站长期定位施肥试验为平台,研究了3种长期施肥制度(对照不施肥-CK,化学施肥-NPK,化学施肥+有机肥-NPKOM)下土壤反硝化速率的差异.同时,以硝酸还原酶基因(narG)作为反硝化细菌的功能标志物,分析了施肥对反硝化细菌群落结构和多样性的影响.结果表明,长期施用有机肥的土壤反硝化速率,反硝化菌多样性都高于对照和施用化肥处理.从3个处理的土壤样品中共获得35个narG基因的可操作分类单元(OTU)主要分布在两个簇,与变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和放线菌门(Actinobacteria)的反硝化细菌有一定的亲缘关系,均为首次从土壤中克隆.Shannon多样性指数显示,NPKOM处理的narG基因多样性最高,CK处理次之,NPK处理最低.LUBSHUFF软件对narG基因群落组成的分析显示,施有机肥后含narG基因的细菌群落组成与CK之间有显著性差异(P<0.05),而化肥(NPK)没有产生显著影响.实验结果为进一步研究亚热带地区水稻土反硝化作用及反硝化功能菌提供了重要的依据.     

长期不同施肥下太湖地区黄泥土表土微生物碳氮量及基因多样性变化

农业管理措施影响下土壤微生物群落结构的变化是农业土壤质量研究的前沿问题。运用化学分析方法和 PCR- DGGE技术从土壤微生物碳氮量及基因多样性角度研究了长期不同施肥措施下太湖地区代表性水稻土 -黄泥土的表土微生物活性与分子多样性的变化。结果表明 ,施用化肥以及化肥和有机肥配施在提高土壤有机碳含量的同时 ,不仅提高了水稻土的微生物碳氮量 ,而且改变了微生物的群落结构 ;与长期单施化肥相比 ,长期化肥配施有机肥不仅显著提高了土壤微生物碳氮量 ,而且提高了土壤微生物的分子多样性 ;就土壤的微生物分子群落相似性来说 ,单施化肥下与未施肥下相近 ,而化肥配施秸秆下与化肥配施猪粪下接近 ,说明土壤的有机培肥对土壤微生物群落结构有重要影响。长期单施化肥下水稻产量的年际波动性显著大于化肥配施有机肥下 ,这进一步佐证了化肥配施有机肥显著促进了水稻土的生态系统初级生产力与较高的土壤生态系统稳定性。应用PCR- DGGE技术所揭示的微生物分子群落结构特点可以指示水稻土 10 a尺度的不同农业管理措施下的土壤质量变化     

长期不同施肥下水稻产量及土壤有机质和氮素养分的变化特征

利用开始于1982年的湖南祁阳官山坪水稻长期(1982-2010年)定位试验,研究不同施肥条件下水稻产量及土壤有机质、氮素养分的动态变化特征,试验设置NPK、NPKM(M为牛粪)、 NPM、NKM、PKM、M和CK等7个处理.28年长期不同施肥处理结果表明：肥料的施用均能提高土壤有机质、全氮、碱解氮含量和水稻产量.氮、磷、钾化肥+有机肥(NPKM)处理的水稻产量一直保持最高水平,氮、磷、钾化肥(NPK)处理随着试验年限的延长呈下降趋势,其水稻产量逐渐低于其他施肥处理.单施有机肥或有机无机肥配施各处理土壤有机质含量在试验开始后的前16年有一个快速增加的过程,之后略有下降,然后仍保持增长趋势;NPK化肥处理土壤有机质含量仅在试验开始后的前8年增加较快,之后在一个相对稳定的范围内波动.各施肥处理在试验开始后的前8年内土壤全氮含量均呈快速积累趋势,以NPKM处理增幅最大.各施肥处理土壤碱解氮含量在试验开始后的前12年增加较慢,平均每年增加0.66～2.25 mg·kg^-1,1994-1998年增加较快,平均每年增加6.45～32.45 mg·kg^-1;1998年之后,各施肥处理土壤碱解氮含量均略有下降,其中,有机无机肥配施处理增加较快,单施化肥处理增加较慢.表明有机肥的施用是红壤性水稻土有机质和氮素营养水平稳定提升的关键措施,是红壤稻田土壤可持续利用的重要保障.     

长期不同施肥制度对潮棕壤肥力及微生物活性的影响

利用长期定位试验研究了不同施肥制度对潮棕壤肥力及微生物活性的影响。结果表明:长期施用有机肥、无机肥显著降低土壤pH;长期施用化肥并不能增加土壤全碳、氮含量,而有机肥的长期施用却能显著提高土壤有机质含量;土壤长期无P、K肥料施入则会出现P、K的亏损。有机肥处理(M,N+M和NPK+M)的微生物量均显著高于不施肥处理(CK),且这些处理间无显著差异;NPK处理与CK处理间无显著差异,而长期施用N肥显著降低土壤微生物量;均衡施肥处理(M,N+M,NPK和NPK+M)均能显著增强土壤微生物呼吸(P0.05),而单施N处理对土壤微生物呼吸无显著影响;与CK相比,施肥处理均能显著提高土壤氨化作用(P0.05),其中以NPK+M处理最高;除N处理外,其他施肥处理均显著提高土壤硝化作用(P0.05)。相关性分析显示,土壤微生物量碳、氮,微生物呼吸,氨化和硝化作用均与土壤全碳、全氮极显著相关(P0.01),均能够较好地反映土壤肥力变化情况;而土壤微生物活性与其他理化因子相关性不一致,表明它们对土壤理化因子变化的响应程度不同。     

长期不同施肥方式对稻油轮作制水稻田杂草群落的影响

为揭示长期不同施肥方式下农田生态系统中杂草群落的变化规律,于2006年10月在太湖地区一个长期肥料试验定位监测田,运用群落生态学方法研究了7种长期不同施肥处理持续20a后对水稻-油菜轮作制水稻田杂草群落的影响.试验区共记录到杂草11种,隶属于6个科.其中,节节菜(Rotala indica)、陌上菜(Lindernia procumbens)、鸭舌草(Monochoria vaginalis)、异型莎草(Cyperus difformis)等4种杂草在所有施肥处理区发生密度较大.莎草科杂草牛毛毡(Eleocharis yokoscensis)只在不施肥区和纯氮肥区出现,而球穗扁莎(Pycreus globosus)和萤蔺(Scirpus juncoides)仅在不施肥区出现.长期不同施肥措施下,田间杂草群落的物种多样性有明显差异:全年秸秆区的物种丰富度(7.3种)最小,不施肥区(10.7种)最大;不施肥区、常规区、秋季秸秆区Shannon-Wiener指数显著大于其他处理区;不施肥区和常规区Simpson指数显著小于其他处理区;不施肥区和纯氮肥区Pielou均匀度指数显著小于其他处理区.田间杂草群落的优势种组成也发生了一定变化, Whittaker指数表明,与不施肥处理相比,单施化肥、化肥配施猪粪对杂草群落结构及物种组成的影响最显著,化肥配施油菜秸秆和化肥配施油菜水稻秸秆次之,而纯施氮肥和化肥配施水稻秸秆的影响较小.Srensen群落相似性指数及聚类分析结果也得到相似的结论.结果表明,单施化肥(平衡施用N、P、K肥)、化肥配施猪粪、化肥配施夏季、秋季和全年秸秆处理均能显著改变田间杂草群落的组成,改变某些杂草在群落中的优势地位,从而抑制其发生危害程度.     

施肥对设施菜地nirK型反硝化细菌群落结构和丰度的影响

采用末端限制性片段多态性分析(T-RFLP)和实时荧光定量PCR(real-time PCR)方法,研究了甘肃武威设施菜地不同施肥条件下0~20 cm、20~40 cm土层中土壤nirK型反硝化细菌群落结构和丰度的变化.结果表明:施肥对土壤中nirK型反硝化细菌的群落结构具有明显影响,且对70、156、190 bp片段所代表设施菜地土壤优势种群影响最显著.施肥对0~20cm土层nirK型反硝化细菌丰度有明显影响,其最大值出现在全有机肥(M)处理、为每克干土2.16×107个拷贝数,分别是对照(CK)和全化肥(NPK)处理的2.04和2.02倍.设施菜地土壤0~20 cm与20~40 cm土层nirK型反硝化细菌的优势种群及其基因丰度均存在显著差异,且设施菜地土壤中nirK型反硝化细菌的群落结构和丰度与大田差异明显.土壤pH值、有机质及硝酸盐含量均影响nirK型反硝化细菌的群落结构和丰度.系统发育分析结果表明,土壤中除存在与厌氧反硝化细菌亲缘相近的nirK型反硝化微生物外,还存在与好氧反硝化菌亲缘关系相近的nirK型反硝化微生物,如根瘤菌属、苍白杆菌属、土壤杆菌属等.     

长期不同施肥措施下岩溶水稻土可培养细菌群落变化及其主要影响因素

【背景】施肥是目前提高作物产量的较优策略,不同的施肥措施在不同程度上影响土壤肥力和微生物群落结构。【目的】探究岩溶水稻土理化性质变化与细菌群落变化的对应关系,进而反映不同施肥措施对土壤可培养细菌群落的影响。最后选出最优施肥方案,为后续的合理施肥工作提供依据。【方法】对岩溶水稻土进行不施肥、常规施肥、常规施肥加绿肥3种施肥处理,通过对土壤理化性质、可培养细菌群落丰度及多样性变化的研究,探究在不同施肥措施下对岩溶水稻土壤细菌群落的影响。【结果】对比不施肥处理,常规施肥处理下土壤pH值和有机碳含量下降,结合大量研究结果证明,无机肥或氮肥的长期过量施加使土壤pH值下降,常规施肥加绿肥有利于有机碳的积累。分离纯化共得到164株菌,分别来自Actinobacteria、Bacteroidetes、Firmicutes和Proteobacteria。属水平上常规施肥配施绿肥较常规施肥组优势菌属Sphingomonas、Lysobacter的相对丰度增加。细菌群落多样性增加,出现Paenibacillus、Streptomyces和Pseudomonas等特有功能菌属。优势菌属Sphingopyxis、Lysobacter、Paenibacillus、Bosea、Streptomyces、Pseudomonas和Bacillus与TN存在显著正相关,在常规施肥加绿肥处理土壤中增加。【结论】常规施肥加绿肥处理下,固氮、溶磷等功能菌丰度增加,增加土壤肥力,保持土壤养分的可利用性,对作物的增产起重要作用。岩溶水稻土常规施肥配施绿肥处理的效果优于不施肥和常规施肥处理。     

长期施肥对玉米生育期土壤微生物量碳氮及酶活性的影响

以小麦-玉米轮作长期肥料定位试验为平台,探讨不同养分管理对玉米生育期塿土微生物量碳、氮和酶活性动态变化的影响。试验包括6个处理,分别为不施肥(CK)、单施氮肥(N)、氮磷配合(NP)、氮磷钾配合(NPK)、NPK+秸秆(SNPK)以及有机肥+NPK(MNPK)。结果表明玉米生育期土壤微生物量碳、氮变化显著。不同施肥管理下土壤微生物量碳、氮的高低显著性分别为MNPK>SNPK、NP、NPK>N、CK。玉米生育期内土壤酶活性也变化显著,蔗糖酶、脲酶和纤维素酶在玉米抽雄期达到活性高峰,而磷酸酶在玉米拔节期出现活性高峰。不同施肥管理对土壤酶活性的影响总体表现为MNPK处理最高,其次为SNPK处理,再次为NPK和NP处理,N和CK处理最低。不同施肥处理间土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性与土壤有机碳、全氮、速效磷水平密切相关。塿土长期施用氮磷或氮磷钾化肥可以提高土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性。一季作物秸秆还田配合氮磷钾化肥与氮磷钾相比有提高土壤微生物量碳、氮以及酶活性的趋势。在等氮量下,有机肥配合化肥与其他施肥模式相比,均显著提升土壤化学肥力因素、微生物量碳氮和酶活性。因此,塿土上建议进行有机无机肥配合以提高土壤肥力,保持土壤生物健康。     

异养硝化细菌脱氮特性及研究进展

异养硝化细菌能够在利用有机碳源生长的同时将含氮化合物硝化生成羟胺、亚硝酸盐、硝酸盐等产物, 多数还能同时进行好氧反硝化作用, 直接将硝化产物转化为含氮气体。因此, 这类细菌已成为废水处理中生物脱氮新工艺的重要研究对象。本文综述了目前所分离出的一些异养硝化菌的脱氮特性, 分析了各种环境条件如温度、pH、溶解氧、碳源类型、C/N以及抑制剂等对异养硝化菌的影响, 并介绍了异养硝化菌的应用现状及前景。     

The relative importance of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification in a conifer forest soil as measured by 15N tracer and pool dilution techniques

The importance of heterotrophic nitrification was studied in soil from a mixed-conifer forest. Three sites in the forest were sampled: a clear cut area, a young stand and a mature stand. In the mature stand, the mineral soil (0–10 cm) and the organic layer were sampled separately. Gross rates of N mineralization and nitrification were measured by¹⁵NH ₄ ⁺ and¹⁵NO ₃ ^– isotopic pool dilution, respectively. The rates of autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrification were distinguished by use of acetylene as a specific inhibitor of autotrophic nitrification. In samples supplemented with¹⁵NH ₄ ⁺ and treated with acetylene, no¹⁵NO ₃ ^– was detectable showing that the acetylene treatment effectively blocked the autotrophic nitrification, and that NH ₄ ⁺ was not a substrate for heterotrophic nitrification. In the clear cut area, autotrophic nitrification was the most important NO ₃ ^– generating process with total nitrification (45 ug N kg^–1h^–1) accounting for about one-third of gross N mineralization (140 ug N kg^–1 h^–1). In the young and mature forested sites, gross nitrification rates were largely unaffected by acetylene treatment indicating that heterotrophic nitrification dominated the NO ₃ ^– generating process in these areas. In the mature forest mineral and organic soil, nitrification (heterotrophic) was equal to only about 5% of gross mineralization (gross mineralization rates of 90 ug N kg^–1 h^–1 mineral; 550 ug N kg^–1 h^–1 organic). The gross nitrification rate decreased from the clear cut area to the young forest area to the mineral soil of the mature forest (45; 17; 4.5 ug kg^–1 h^–1 respectively). The¹⁵N isotope pool dilution method, combined with acetylene as an inhibitor of autotrophic nitrification provided an effective technique for assessing the importance of heterotrophic nitrification in the N-cycle of this mixed-conifer ecosystem.     

Nitrification in coniferous forest soils

Net nitrification rates tend to be low or negligible in the forest floor of many coniferous forests of North-East Scotland. The most likely process controls are substrate availability, pH, allelopathy, water potential, nutrient status and temperature. These are discussed in relation to field and laboratory studies of net and potential rates of nitrification.Fungi make up by far the largest part of the nitrifier community in the coniferous forest floor. Very little is known about the distribution and activity of autotrophs in these systems, although it is certain that in vitro evidence suggesting autotrophs cannot nitrify at pH levels characteristic of coniferous forest soils is unrealistic.Because of the metabolic diversity of nitrifying fungi, a variety of organic and inorganic nitrification pathways may exist in coniferous forests. The possible involvement of free radicles in fungal nitrification in coniferous forest soils is also suggested.A complete understanding of nitrification in coniferous forest soils can only result from field characterisation of N flux such as through the use of ¹⁵N. This must be combined with ecophysiological characterisation of the organisms involved in order that the complexity of nitrification in coniferous forest soils can be resolved.     

Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a mixed methanotrophic culture

Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification using a mixed methanotrophic culture was investigated. When both NO₃ ^–-N (108 mg l^–1) and NH₃-N (59 mg l^–1) were added into batch reactors, nitrate removal was complete within 10 h at the rate of 47 mg NO₃ ^–-N g VSS^–1 day^–1 when dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration was maintained at 2 mg DO l^–1. Ammonia removal started simultaneously with nitrate removal at a slower rate of 14 NH₃-N g VSS^–1 day^–1. No significant accumulation of nitrite or nitrate during ammonia utilization suggested the occurrence of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification.     

A Most Probable Number method (MPN) for the estimation of cell numbers of heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria in soil

A Most Probable Number (MPN) method was developed allowing for the first time estimation of populations of bacteria capable of heterotrophic nitrification. The method was applied to an acidic soil of a coniferous forest exhibiting nitrate production. In this soil nitrate production was unlikely to be catalyzed by autotrophic nitrifiers, since autotrophic ammonia oxidizers never could be detected, and autotrophic nitrite oxidizers were usually not found in appreciable cell numbers. The developed MPN method is based on the demonstration of the presence/absence of nitrite/nitrate produced by heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria during growth in a complex medium (peptone-meat-extract softagar medium) containing low concentrations of agar (0.1%). Both the supply of the growing cultures in MPN test tubes with sufficient oxygen and the presence of low agar concentrations in the medium were found to be favourable for sustainable nitrite/nitrate production. The results demonstrate that in the acidic forest soil the microbial population capable of heterotrophic nitrifcation represents a significant part of the total aerobic heterotrophic population. By applying the developed MPN method, several bacterial strains of different genera not previously described to perform heterotrophic nitrification have been isolated from the soil and have been identified by bacterio-diagnostic tests.     

The influence of anaerobic pretreatment on the nitrogen removal from biosynthetic pharmaceutical wastewaters

The C:N ratio of the pharmaceutical wastewaters is usually suitable for a combination of the anaerobic pretreatment with the high COD removal and aerobic posttreatment with the efficient biological N removal. This kind of anaerobic-aerobic process was tested in semipilot scale by using a UASB reactor and an activated sludge system with a predenitrification (total volume 100 1). It was found that at a total HRT of 2.3 days an average of 97.5% of COD and 73.5% of total N was removed. The UASB reactor was operated at 30°C with a volumetric loading rate of 8.7 kg.m^-3.d^-1, the efficiency of COD removal was 92.2%. The processes, which take part in the biological removal of nitrogen, especially the nitrification, were running with lower rates than usually observed in aerobic treatment systems.Abbreviations AAO anaerobic anoxic oxic configuration - AOO anaerobic oxic oxic configuration - B _V volumetric organic loading rate (kg COD.m^-3. d^-1) - dB _x specific COD removal rate (mg COD. g^-1 VSS. d^-1) - DNR denitrification rate (mg N–NO₃. g^-1 VSS. h^-1) - E_COD efficiency of COD removal (%) - HRT hydraulic retention time (d) - NR nitrification rate (mg N–NO₃. g^-1 VSS. h^-1) - R recirculation ratio (%) - SBP specific biogas production (m³.kg^-1 removed COD) - SRT solids retention time; sludge age (d) - SS suspended solids (g.1^-1) - UASB upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor - VSS volatile suspended solids (g.1^-1)     

Ability of nitrapyrin,dicyandiamide and acetylene to retard nitrification in a mineral and an organic soil

Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of nitrapyrin, dicyandiamide (DCD) and acetylene (C₂H₂) as nitrification inhibitors in a silt loam and oragnic soil with and without added NH₄. Nitrapyrin (8 μg/g soil) and DCD (20 μg/g soil) were very effective in retarding nitrification of NH₄−N in the silt loam soil during 14 days of aerobic incubation at 30°C. However neither nitrapyrin, (20 μg/g soil) nor DCD (20 or 100 μg/g soil) were effective in retarding NO₃ production in the organic soil not amended with NH₄. Dicyandiamide was moderately effective in retarding nitrification (39% inhibition) at 100 μg/g concentration but nitrapyrin at 20 μg/g rate had little effect (8% inhibition) on nitrification in the organic soil amended with NH₄. In a separate experiment C₂H₂ was a very effective inhibitor in both soils when present in the flask atmosphere at 0.1% or 1% (v/v).     

稳定性铵态氮肥在黑土和褐土中的氮素转化特征

以稳定性氯化铵为氮源,采用室内培养的方法,研究0.20、0.50、1.00 g N·kg^-1干土3种浓度的稳定性铵态氮肥在黑土、褐土中的氮素转化特征.结果表明: 在褐土中,随着氯化铵添加量的增加,土壤中发生硝化作用的时间逐渐推迟,添加0.20、0.50 g N·kg^-1干土处理开始发生明显硝化反应的时间分别为第3、7天,在高浓度氮量(1.00 g N·kg^-1干土)添加下硝化作用受到明显抑制;在黑土中,各浓度氮量添加处理开始发生硝化反应的时间相同,均为第3天,且随着添加量的增加,硝化作用潜势逐渐减弱.只加铵态氮肥的处理中,添加0.20 g N·kg^-1干土的氯化铵氮肥在褐土和黑土中的硝化反应时间分别可维持3周和2周左右;添加0.50 g N·kg^-1干土的氯化铵氮肥在褐土和黑土中的硝化反应时间分别可维持4周和3周左右.与单施氯化铵相比,黑土和褐土在0.20、0.50 g N·kg^-1干土添加浓度下,按纯氮量的1.0%添加3,4-二甲基吡唑磷酸盐(DMPP)、4.0%添加二氰二胺(DCD)均能显著抑制硝化作用,降低硝态氮的含量,抑制硝化作用潜势.综上,在褐土中,随着氯化铵添加浓度增加,土壤硝化作用受到抑制效果大于黑土.在0.20、0.50 g N·kg^-1干土外源铵态氮时,添加抑制剂可以显著抑制铵态氮的硝化作用.因此室内硝化抑制剂培养试验时,建议铵态氮添加量不超过1.00 g N·kg^-1干土,以0.50 g N·kg^-1干土效果最好.     

Nitrogen losses due to denitrification from cattle slurry injected into grassland soil with and without a nitrification inhibitor

Injection of cattle slurry into a grassland soil decreases NH₃ volatilisation and increases N utilisation by the sward, but may also increase denitrification losses. Denitrification rates were measured using a soil core incubation technique involving acetylene inhibition, following injection of cattle slurry (67 t ha^–1) into a grassland soil. The slurry was injected, either with or without a nitrification inhibitor (DCD), on 8 December 1989. Two-weekly measurements were carried out up to 18 weeks after injection. Compared to the control plot, denitrification rates were significantly higher after slurry injection. Addition of DCD to the slurry almost eliminated this effect. Estimated N-losses during 18 weeks after injection were 0.9 (control), 4.1 (+DCD), and 13.7 (-DCD) kg N ha^–1. Denitrification losses were 7% of the injected NH₄-N and decreased to 2% of the injected NH₄-N when DCD was added. Denitrification could account for about 19% of the difference in apparent recovery of N from slurry injected with and without DCD. The results suggested that considerable amounts of NO₃ ^– were lost due to leaching.     

Characterization of Nitrosomonas europaea immobilized in calcium alginate

Nitrosomonas europaea cells have been immobilized in calcium alginate and the resulting preparation was used as a biocatalyst for the oxidation of NH⁺₄ to NO^?₂. Characterization of this immobilized biocatalyst was done according to the guidelines recommended by the Working Party on Immobilized Biocatalysts of the European Federation of Biotechnology. The most important indications obtained from the results are: (a) at low concentrations of substrate, either ammonium ions or oxygen, diffusion limitation will play a role; (b) inhibition by nitrite ions accumulating in the support is not rapidly controlling the efficiency of the immobilized cells; (c) accumulation of hydrogen ions is a rate-limiting factor, especially in unbuffered solutions; (d) the activity of immobilized N. europaea can increase as a result of growth in the support under conditions which would cause washout of free cells. This last result shows the potential of immobilized N. europaea for nitrification of wastewater. The development of a system applying a cheaper and more stable support is, however, a prerequisite for this application.