Digestion and residue stabilization of bacterial and fungal cells, protein, peptidoglycan, and chitin by the geophagous earthworm Metaphire guillelmi

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-17

  Shan, Jun ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a   Wang, Yongfeng ^a   Yan, Xiaoyuan ^b   Guo, Hongyan ^a   Li, Xiangzhen ^c   Ji, Rong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Earthworm; Fungi; Microbial biomass; Mineralization; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL BIOMASS; CELL-WALL COMPONENTS; EARTHWORM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CELLS; CHITIN; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; SOILS;

STABILIZATION;

CHITIN; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EARTHWORM; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 84877344982     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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