Intracellular and extracellular enzyme activity in soil with reference to elemental cycling

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Dilly, Oliver ^a   Nannipieri, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elemental cycling; Emzyme activity; Enzyme methodology; Microbial biomass; Phosphatase activity; Protease activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141914901     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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