Effect of plant materials on microbial transformation of amino sugars in three soil microcosms

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-639

  Liang, Chao ^a,b   Zhang, Xudong ^a   Rubert, Kennedy F ^b   Balser, Teri C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino sugar; Microbial residue; Microbial transformation; Plant material; Pool

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL LOOP; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447134316     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0142-1     Document Type: Article

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