TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrolytic soil enzymes and their response to fertilization
T2 - A short review
AU - Bautista-Cruz, Angélica
AU - Ortiz-Hernández, Yolanda Donají
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in living systems, transforming specific substrates into the products needed in biological cycles and for many edaphic processes. Soil enzymatic activities have been proposed as soil quality indicators, due to their relation with soil biology. Although the long-term effects of organic and mineral fertilization on physical and chemical soil properties have been previously studied, little is known about their effects on microbial community structure, microbial biomass carbon, microbial activity and enzymatic activity. Some studies report that organic and mineral fertilizers can affect, be it positively or negatively, microbial biomass size as well as soil microbial activity. This work examines the effect of fertilization on the enzymatic activity of soil hydrolases.
AB - Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in living systems, transforming specific substrates into the products needed in biological cycles and for many edaphic processes. Soil enzymatic activities have been proposed as soil quality indicators, due to their relation with soil biology. Although the long-term effects of organic and mineral fertilization on physical and chemical soil properties have been previously studied, little is known about their effects on microbial community structure, microbial biomass carbon, microbial activity and enzymatic activity. Some studies report that organic and mineral fertilizers can affect, be it positively or negatively, microbial biomass size as well as soil microbial activity. This work examines the effect of fertilization on the enzymatic activity of soil hydrolases.
KW - Hydrolases
KW - Mineral fertilizers
KW - Organic fertilizers
KW - Soil
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84957082231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14295/CS.v6i3.962
DO - 10.14295/CS.v6i3.962
M3 - Artículo de revisión
SN - 2176-9079
VL - 6
SP - 255
EP - 262
JO - Comunicata Scientiae
JF - Comunicata Scientiae
IS - 3
ER -