Transformation of Quercus petraea litter: Successive changes in litter chemistry are reflected in differential enzyme activity and changes in the microbial community composition

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-303

  Šnajdr, Jaroslav ^a   Cajthaml, Tomáš ^a   Valášková, Vendula ^a   Merhautová, Věra ^a   Petránková, Mirka ^a   Spetz, Peter ^b   Leppänen, Kaisu ^b   Baldrian, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Extracellular enzymes; Forest soil; Hemicelluloses; Lignin; Litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; LIGNIN; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; SOIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FUNGI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 78650792449     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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