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Diversity and Activity of Microbial Extracellular Peptidases in Soil

Creator:

Nguyen, Trang T. H.

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Soil nitrogen exists largely as organic matter, including plant liter, dead animal matter, and microbial necromass. About 90% of soil organic nitrogen is proteinaceous material that is too large for plants and microorganisms to assimilate directly. Protein depolymerization therefore plays a critical role in mobilizing this organic source of nitrogen,...

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Dissertation

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Waggoner, Christopher Burgess, Stephany Chacon, Josh Neuman, Rachel Danielson, Nate Tisdell, Andrew
Scaling, ash-driven bistability, and other agents of soilscape genesis discovered while digitally mapping soils of the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Creator:

Almquist, Vance Warner

Abstract:

This dissertation reports on four related, though separate projects. The first project details the process of carrying out a digitally augmented soil mapping (DSM) effort alongside an ongoing survey in Oregon's Ochoco National Forest (ONF) using a Random Forest algorithm. The second chapter describes a initial soil survey in Oregon's...

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Dissertation

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, Antra Bǒca, Astrid Jacobson, Janis Boettinger, Andrew Giguere, Ryan Hill, Clint Mattox, Pedro Martinez