Soil Biochemistry

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CRC Press, Apr 1, 1981 - Technology & Engineering - 504 pages
Chemistry and turnover of naturally occurring resistant organic compounds in soil. In situ analysis of soil components of biological origin. Oxidative coupling of aromatic compounds by enzymes from soil microorganisms. Control of urea transformations in soils. Chemistry and distribution of amino sugars in soils and soil organisms. Biochemistry, ecology, and microbiology of petroleum components in soil. Biological nitrogen fixation. Denitrification. Heavy metals in soil biology and biochemistry. Microbial biomass in soil: measurement and turnover.
 

Contents

CHEMISTRY AND TURNOVER OF NATURALLY
1
VOLUME
3
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF TERRESTRIAL SOILS
33
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY OF PEATS P H Given Fuel
36
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE MINOR ELEMENTS IN SOIL H L Ehrlich
52
BIOCHEMISTRY OF IRON IN SOIL T V Aristovskaya Tsentralnii Muzeii
60
IN SITU ANALYSIS OF SOIL COMPONENTS
75
OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
113
BIOCHEMISTRY ECOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY
229
BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION
297
DENITRIFICATION
323
VOLUME 2
335
ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS IN SOIL BIOCHEMISTRY C C Delwiche
351
HEAVY METALS IN SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
371
MEASUREMENT
415
VOLUME 4
456

CONTROL OF UREA TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOILS
153
CHEMISTRY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMINO SUGARS
197

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