This book reviews some aspects of soil biochemistry, including the biochemical turnover of specific elements and organic compounds in soil; the properties and functions of soil enzymes; and the structure, distribution and pathways of metabolism of organic compounds.
Preface
Contributors to this Volume
Contents of Other Volumes
CHEMISTRY AND TURNOVER OF NATURALLY OCCURING RESISTANT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
J. D. Stout, K. M. Goh, and T. A. Rafter
IN SITU ANALYSIS OF SOIL COMPONENTS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
R. C. Fostér and J. K. Martin
OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS BY ENZYMES FROM SOIL MICROORGANISMS
R. D. Sjoblad and J. -M. Bollag
CONTROL OF UREA TRANSFOMATIONS IN SOILS
R. L. Mulvaney and J. M. Bremner
CHEMISTRY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMINO SUGARS IN SOILS AND SOIL ORGANISMS
J. W. Parsons
BIOCHEMISTRY, ECOLOGY, AND MICROBIOLOGY OF PERTROLEUM COMPONENETS IN SOIL
W. B. McGill, M. J. Rowell, and D. W. S. Westlake
BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION
J. J. Child
DENITRIFICATION
R. Knowles
HEAVY METALS IN SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
G. Tyler
MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN SOIL: MEASUREMENT AND TURNOVER
D. S. Jenkinson and J. N. Ladd
Index
Biography
E.A. Paul, J.N. Ladd
