Variation in pH Optima of Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities in Tropical Rain Forest Soils
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Variation in pH optima of hydrolytic enzyme activities in tropical rain forest soils.
Extracellular enzymes synthesized by soil microbes play a central role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in the environment. The pH optima of eight hydrolytic enzymes involved in the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur, were assessed in a series of tropical forest soils of contrasting pH values from the Republic of Panama. Assays were conducted using 4-methylumbelliferon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00560-10