Fine scale patterns in microbial extracellular enzyme activity during leaf litter decomposition in a stream and its floodplain

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-598

  Smart, Kurt A ^a,b   Jackson, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RIVER;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLULOSE; ECOSYSTEM; LIGNIN; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 70350158532     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9512-1     Document Type: Article

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