The direct or mit route for nitrogen immobilization: A 15N mirror image study with leucine and glycine

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-108

  Barraclough, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0030616415     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00241-6     Document Type: Article

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