Soil Biochemistry: |:, Volume 6Explores the role of biochemical processes in the soil environment, particularly the activity of microorganisms, and the potential application of those processes to environmental biotechnology. The 11 papers also highlight the application of molecular biology and microbial genetics to soil biology a |
Contents
Role of Soil Minerals in Transformations | 29 |
III | 36 |
Activities of Enzymes | 62 |
VI | 71 |
Anaerobic Microbial Transformation of Nonoxygenated | 117 |
II | 124 |
V | 167 |
Microbial Production of Cytokinins K F Nieto | 191 |
Specific Criteria for Measuring Microbiological | 322 |
194 | 350 |
The Significance of Soil Microbial Biomass Estimations | 357 |
Microbial Biomass as an Ecological Marker | 374 |
Origin Nature Content Decomposition | 397 |
Content and Chemical Composition of Soil | 406 |
Decomposition of Soil Lipids | 414 |
Concluding Remarks | 421 |
III | 205 |
IV | 213 |
V | 220 |
VI | 227 |
5 | 233 |
Modes of Action and Genetic Analysis | 249 |
Ecological Significance of the Biological Activity | 293 |
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