Substrate concentration constraints on microbial decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-49

  Allison, Steven D ^a   Chacon, Stephany S ^b   German, Donovan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Cellulose; Chitin; Extracellular enzyme; Priming effect; Resource allocation; Respiration; Starch

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STARCH;

CARBON CYCLES; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; PRIMING EFFECTS; RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

CELLULOSE;

ARRAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STARCH; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84907561761     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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