Publications of R. Ji

Ngugi, D. K.; Ji, R.; Brune, A.: Nitrogen mineralization, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification by soil-feeding termites: a N-15-based approach. Biogeochemistry 103 (1-3), pp. 355 - 369 (2011)

Shan, J.; Brune, A.; Ji, R.: Selective digestion of the proteinaceous component of humic substances by the geophagous earthworms Metaphire guillelmi and Amynthas corrugatus. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42 (9), pp. 1455 - 1462 (2010)

Boga, H.; Ji, R.; Ludwig, W.; Brune, A.: Sporotalea propionica gen. nov. sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, oxygen-reducing, propionigenic firmicute from the intestinal tract of a soil-feeding termite. Archives of Microbiology 187, pp. 15 - 27 (2007)

Ji, R.; Brune, A.: Nitrogen mineralization, ammonia accumulation, and emission of gaseous NH3 by soil-feeding termites. Biogeochemistry 78, pp. 267 - 283 (2006)

Li, X.; Ji, R.; Schäffer, A.; Brune, A.: Mobilization of soil phosphorus during passage through the gut of larvae of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Plant Soil 288, pp. 263 - 270 (2006)

Ji, R.; Chen, Z.; Corvini, P.; Kappler, A.; Brune, A.; Haider, K.; Schäffer, A.: Synthesis of ¹³ C and ¹⁴ C-labeled phenolic humus and lignin monomers. Chemosphere 60, pp. 1169 - 1181 (2005)

Ji, R.; Brune, A.: Digestion of peptidic residues in humic substances by an alkali-stable and humic-acid-tolerant proteolytic activity in the gut of soil-feeding termites. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37, pp. 1648 - 1655 (2005)