Selective digestion of the peptide and polysaccharide components of synthetic humic acids by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1476-1483

  Li, Xiangzhen ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; Coleoptera; Humic acids; Humivory; Peptides; Peptidoglycan; Soil macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPEPTIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AROMATIC COMPONENTS; HEMOLYMPH; RESIDUAL LABELS; SELECTIVE DIGESTION;

SOILS;

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL BIOTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; PACHNODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 20344385287     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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