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extracellular enzyme activity — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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extracellular enzyme activity

Scope: biogeochemistry

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on extracellular enzyme activity with 64 nodes and 147 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Beetles, Asteraceae.

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)

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

2025Biogeosciences

Context dependence of warming induced shifts in montane soil microbial functions

2024Functional Ecology

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

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soil microbial community structure

phenomenon2 shared papers

soil respiration

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nitrogen fixation

process1 shared paper

plant-microbial coupling

process1 shared paper

elevational gradients

framework1 shared paper

microbial biomass

measurement1 shared paper

biodiversity-ecosystem function

framework1 shared paper

mineral-organic associations

process1 shared paper

dissolved organic matter

measurement1 shared paper

soil aggregation

process1 shared paper

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Juncus drummondii

Juncaceae4 papers

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Asteraceae4 papers

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Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae3 papers

Wyethia

Asteraceae3 papers

Acer saccharum

Sapindaceae2 papers

Linaria vulgaris

Plantaginaceae1 paper

Festuca thurberi

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae1 paper

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pinaceae1 paper