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Mineral Surfaces as Agents of Environmental Proteolysis: Mechanisms and Controls

Creator:

Chacon, Stephany S.

Abstract:

The bottleneck in the turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) is the conversion of large molecular compounds into smaller compounds that can be transported through a cell membrane of a microbe for processing. Once inside the cell, organic compounds can be converted into biomass or be respired. The microbial depolymerization...

Resource Type:

Dissertation