Amino acid abundance and proteolytic potential in North American soils

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1069-1078

  Hofmockel, Kirsten S ^a,b   Fierer, Noah ^c   Colman, Benjamin P ^a,d   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonium; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Organic N; Protein mineralization; Proteolysis; Soil N cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SOIL;

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; LIMITING FACTOR; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TYPE; TUNDRA SOIL;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; AMINO ACIDS; ECOSYSTEM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954542461     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1601-9     Document Type: Article

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