%D 2022 %L icrisat11961 %I MDPI %T Changes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacterial Communities and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics in Response to Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization %P 1-18 %V 19 %N 5 %A A Xu %A L Li %A J Xie %A S Gopalakrishnan %A R Zhang %A Z Luo %A L Cai %A C Liu %A L Wang %A S Anwar %A Y Jiang %R doi:10.3390/ijerph19052732 %J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (TSI) %X Ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) mediate a crucial step in nitrogen (N) metabolism. The effect of N fertilizer rates on AOA and AOB communities is less studied in the wheat-fallow system from semi-arid areas. Based on a 17-year wheat field experiment, we explored the effect of five N fertilizer rates (0, 52.5, 105, 157.5, and 210 kg ha %K Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), Soil properties