Macromolecular and chemical features of the excreted extracellular polysaccharides in induced biological soil crusts of different ages

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Chen, Lanzhou ^a   Rossi, Federico ^b   Deng, Songqiang ^a   Liu, Yongding ^c   Wang, Gaohong ^c   Adessi, Alessandra ^b   De Philippis, Roberto ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Colloidal exopolysaccharide; Dehydrogenase activity; Molecular size distribution; Monosaccharide composition; Polysaccharidic matrix; Soil erosion; Sucrase activity; Tightly bound exopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; DEGRADATION; GLUCOSE; MACROMOLECULES; METABOLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; CARBON; STABILITY;

DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MONOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION; SOIL EROSION;

STABILIZATION;

CARBOHYDRATE; COLLOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STABILIZATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHINA; KUBUQI DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84904249791     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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