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extracellular enzyme activity

Scope: biogeochemistry
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Definition

Activity of enzymes secreted by soil microorganisms that catalyze decomposition of organic matter and provide assimilable carbon and nitrogen compounds

Related Terms (4)

enzyme activitysoil enzyme activityBGaseNAGase

Publications (3)

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Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

2025Biogeosciencesmeasured
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Context dependence of warming induced shifts in montane soil microbial functions

2024Functional Ecologymeasured
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Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization

2022Ecologymeasured

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