Visualization of Enzyme Activities in Earthworm Biopores by In Situ Soil Zymography

Bahar S. Razavi; Duyen Thi Thu Hoang; Yakov Kuzyakov

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7111-4_22

Visualization of Enzyme Activities in Earthworm Biopores by In Situ Soil Zymography

Methods in molecular biology: 229-238

Article 2017 English

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Earthworms produce biopores with strongly increased microbial and enzyme activities and consequently they form microbial hotspots in soil. In extremely dynamic microhabitats and hotspots such as earthworm biopores, the in situ enzyme activities are a footprint of...

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