Development of a solid phase kinetic assay for determination of enzyme activities during composting

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 971-975

  Peláez, Carlos ^a,b   Mejía, Alex ^b   Planas, Antoni ^a  

^a INSTITUT QUÍMIC DE SARRIÀ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; Manure composting; Solid phase method

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942489192     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00208-5     Document Type: Article

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