Soil Enzymology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Soil Enzyme: The State-of-Art

   • Madhunita Bakshi, Ajit Varma

   Pages 1-23

3. Role of Enzymes in Maintaining Soil Health

   • Shonkor Kumar Das, Ajit Varma

   Pages 25-42

4. Agricultural and Ecological Significance of Soil Enzymes: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Nutrient Cycling

   • Wei Shi

   Pages 43-60

5. Enzymes in Forest Soils

   • Petr Baldrian, Martina Štursová

   Pages 61-73

6. Extracellular Enzymes in Sensing Environmental Nutrients and Ecosystem Changes: Ligand Mediation in Organic Phosphorus Cycling

   • Thanh H. Dao

   Pages 75-102

7. Importance of Extracellular Enzymes for Biogeochemical Processes in Temporary River Sediments during Fluctuating Dry–Wet Conditions

   • Annamaria Zoppini, Jürgen Marxsen

   Pages 103-117

8. Soil Enzymes as Indication of Soil Quality

   • Ayten Karaca, Sema Camci Cetin, Oguz Can Turgay, Ridvan Kizilkaya

   Pages 119-148

9. Enzyme Activities in the Rhizosphere of Plants

   • Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Giancarlo Renella, Stephan Wirth, Rafiq Islam

   Pages 149-166

10. Lignocellulose-Degrading Enzymes in Soils

    • Petr Baldrian, Jaroslav Šnajdr

    Pages 167-186

11. Heterophase Synthesis of Humic Acids in Soils by Immobilized Phenol Oxidases

    • A. G. Zavarzina

    Pages 187-205

12. Fungal Oxidoreductases and Humification in Forest Soils

    • A. G. Zavarzina, A. A. Lisov, A. A. Zavarzin, A. A. Leontievsky

    Pages 207-228

13. Evolutionary-Economic Principles as Regulators of Soil Enzyme Production and Ecosystem Function

    • Steven D. Allison, Michael N. Weintraub, Tracy B. Gartner, Mark P. Waldrop

    Pages 229-243

14. Controls on the Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Enzymes: A Key Driver of In Situ Enzyme Activity Rates

    • Matthew Wallenstein, Steven D. Allison, Jessica Ernakovich, J. Megan Steinweg, Robert Sinsabaugh

    Pages 245-258

15. Actinomycetes: Sources for Soil Enzymes

    • V. Suneetha, Zaved Ahmed Khan

    Pages 259-269

16. Organo-Mineral–Enzyme Interaction and Soil Enzyme Activity

    • Andrew R. Zimmerman, Mi-Youn Ahn

    Pages 271-292

17. The Influence of Pesticides on Soil Enzymes

    • Liliana Gianfreda, Maria A. Rao

    Pages 293-312

18. Behavior of Enzymatic Activity in Chilean Volcanic Soil and Their Interactions with Clay Fraction

    • Analí Rosas, Ada López, Roxana López

    Pages 313-328

19. Screening, Characterisation and Optimization of Microbial Pectinase

    • V. Suneetha, Zaved Ahmed Khan

    Pages 329-337

20. Molecular Techniques to Study Polymorphism between Closely Related Microorganisms in Relation to Specific Protein Phosphatase

    • Rajani Malla, Utprekshya Pokharel, Ram Prasad, Ajit Varma

    Pages 339-361

Soil enzymes are one of the vital key mediators involved in nutrient recycling and the decomposition of organic matter and thereby in maintaining soil quality and fertility. This Soil Biology volume covers the various facets of soil enzymes, such as their functions, biochemical and microbiological properties and the factors affecting their activities. Enzymes in the rhizosphere, in forest soils, and in volcanic ash-derived soils are described. Soil enzymes covered include phosphohydrolases, lignocellulose-degrading enzymes, phenol oxidases, fungal oxidoreductases, keratinases, pectinases, xylanases, lipases and pectinases. Several chapters treat the soil enzymatic activities in the bioremediation of soils contaminated with pesticides and pollutants such as oil, chlorinated compounds, synthetic dyes and aromatic hydrocarbons. The role of soil enzymes as bioindicators is a further important topic addressed.

• Bioremeditation
• Decomposition
• Nutrient cycles
• Polluted soils
• Soil fertility

• Dept. Biological, Geological &, Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

  Girish Shukla

• Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India

  Ajit Varma

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