Measurement of dehydrogenase activity in acid soils rich in organic matter

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 1005-1011

  Camina F ^a,b   Trasar Cepeda, C ^a   Gil Sotres, F ^b   Leiros C ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; GALICIA; MEASUREMENT; METHANOL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL; TETRAZOLIUM;

ACID SOIL; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE;

SPAIN, GALICIA;

EID: 0032145944     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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