1st Edition

Soil Biochemistry

By E. A. Paul Copyright 1981

    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