Long-term monitoring of soil microbiological activities in two forest sites in south tyrol in the italian Alps

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 277-285

  Margesin, Rosa ^a   Minerbi, Stefano ^b   Schinner, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Autonomous Province of Bozen Bolzano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Forest soils; Soil microbiology; Subalpine; Submontane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SOIL; SULFATASE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FOREST; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FORESTS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; ITALY; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFATASES;

EID: 84908056013     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME14050     Document Type: Article

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