Nannipieri, P. and Giagnoni, L. and Renella, G. and et al, . (2012) Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 20 p..
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Abstract
It is still problematic to use enzyme activities as indicators of soil functions because: (1) enzyme assays determine potential and not real enzyme activities; (2) the meaning of measured enzyme activities is not known; (3) the assumption that a single enzyme activity is an indicator of nutrient dynamics in soil neglects that the many enzyme activities are involved in such dynamic processes; (4) spatio-temporal variations in natural environments are not always considered when measuring enzyme activities; and (5) many direct and indirect effects make difficult the interpretation of the response of the enzyme activity to perturbations, changes in the soil management, changes in the plant cover of soil, etc. This is the first review discussing the links between enzyme-encoding genes and the relative enzyme activity of soil. By combining measurements of enzyme activity in soil with expression (transcriptomics and proteomics) of genes, encoding the relative enzymesmay contribute to understanding themode and timing of microbial communities’ responses to substrate availability and persistence and stabilization of enzymes in the soil.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The research leading to these results has received funds from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under REA agreement n° 289949 (TRAINBIODIVERSE) and by Ente Cassa di Risparmio (Proteomic approach to better understanding soil functionality and interactions between soil and plant; no. 2009.41). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Soil enzyme, Genes encoding enzymes, Soil enzyme activity, Enzyme kinetics, Gene expression. |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy |
| Subjects: | Soil Science and Microbiology |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2012 05:48 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2012 05:49 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00374-012-0723-0 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7420 |
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