Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology, and Applications

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Richard G. Burns, Richard P. Dick
CRC Press, Jan 29, 2002 - Science - 640 pages
The need to understand the biological processes that are important for essential aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem function has prompted much research into the field of ecological enzymology. This book presents the two broad areas of application in a compilation of reviews by 21 international experts in their respective fields. The first explores enzymatic activities to assess the processes or mechanisms that operate in a given system, such as the rhizosphere, plant leaves and shoots, soil surfaces, and biofilms. The second considers enzymes or microbial cells as sensors to detect microbial activity and stresses due to pollution, management, or climatic change in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
 

Contents

Enzyme Activities and Microbiological and Biochemical Processes in Soil
3
Ecology of Microbial Enzymes in Lake Ecosystems
37
Ecological Significance of Bacterial Enzymes in the Marine Environment
75
Enzymes and Microorganisms in the Rhizosphere
111
Enzymes in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
127
Microbes and Enzymes Associated with Plant Surfaces
155
Microbial Enzymes in the Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens and Pests
173
Microbiology and Enzymology of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling
229
Search for and Discovery of Microbial Enzymes from Thermally Extreme Environments in the Ocean
329
Molecular Methods for Assessing and Manipulating the Diversity of Microbial Populations and Processes
365
Bioindicators and Sensors of Soil Health and the Application of Geostatistics
393
Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities to Assess Soil Degradation and Recovery
377
Enzymatic Responses to Pollution in Sediments and Aquatic Systems
403
Microbial Dehalogenation Reactions in Microorganisms
417
Isolated Enzymes for the Transformation and Detoxification of Organic Pollutants
465
EnzymeMediated Transformations of Heavy MetalsMetalloids
509

Enzyme and Microbial Dynamics of Litter Decomposition
251
Fungal Communities Succession Enzymes and Decomposition
269
Enzyme Adsorption on Soil Mineral Surfaces and Consequences for the Catalytic Activity
287
Microbes and Enzymes in Biofilms
309
Enzymes in Soil
537
Index
567
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