Digestion of peptidic residues in humic substances by an alkali-stable and humic-acid-tolerant proteolytic activity in the gut of soil-feeding termites

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1648-1655

  Ji, Rong ^a,c   Brune, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Cubitermes; Degradation; Humic substances; Nitrogen transformation; Peptide; Protease; Soil fauna; Soil feeders; Termites; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STABILIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY; RESIDUE DIGESTION; SOIL-FEEDING TERMITES;

SOILS;

DIGESTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; TERMITE;

CUBITERMES; CUBITERMES ORTHOGNATHUS; ISOPTERA; ORTHOGNATHUS; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 20344370356     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.01.026     Document Type: Article

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