Soil enzymes and biological activity at different levels of organic matter stability
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...These reactions produce glucose as the final product, an important C energy source for the growth and activity of soil microorganisms (Merino et al., 2016). β-glucosidase’s involvement in C cycling has remarkably facilitated its adoption for soil quality testing....
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...These reactions produce glucose as the final product, an important C energy source for the growth and activity of soil microorganisms (Merino et al., 2016)....
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...Olsen-P was measured by extracting with 0.5 M NaHCO3 adjusted to pH 8.5....
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...The soils were transported immediately to the laboratory under cold conditions, homogenized, sieved to <2 mm and characterized by soil pH in water, soil organic C (SOC), total N, inorganic P (Olsen) and other macronutrients (Table 1) (Matus et al., 2011; Garrido and Matus, 2012)....
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...Inorganic phosphorus was determined by the method Olsen (Olsen et al., 1954)....
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...Microbial biomass C quotient Microbial biomass C (MB-C) was determined by fumigation of the sample with ethanol-free CHCl3 and extraction with 0.5 M K2SO4, according to Vance et al. (1987)....
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...The reference method for the determination of these enzyme activities is described by Tabatabai (1982) and Eivazi and Tabatabai (1988)....
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