A new method for measuring polysaccharide hydrolysis rates in marine environments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 105-115

  Arnosti, C ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; diagenesis; enzymes; hydrolysis; laminarin; polysaccharides; pullulan

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGENESIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROLYSIS RATE; LAMINARIN; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PULLULAN; SEDIMENTS;

BALTIC SEA, KIEL BIGHT;

BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIAGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; LAMINARIN; PULLULAN;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0030392465     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00112-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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