Microbial responses to multi-factor climate change: Effects on soil enzymes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Megan Steinweg, J ^a,d   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^b,c   Paul, Eldor A ^a   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decomposition; Enzymes; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CELLULOSE 1, 4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN 1, 4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PRECIPITATION; SEASON; SOIL; SOIL FUMIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STOICHIOMETRY; UNITED STATES; WARMING;

EID: 84884265054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00146     Document Type: Article

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