Extracellular enzymes allow microbes and plant roots to acquire resources from complex
molecules, and thereby catalyze the rate-limiting step in soil carbon and nutrient cycling. We …

Soil carbon cycling and ecosystem functioning can strongly depend on how microbial
communities regulate their metabolism and adapt to changing environmental conditions to …

Soil microbes produce extracellular enzymes that mineralize organic matter and release
carbon and nutrients in forms that can be assimilated. Economic theories of microbial …

The net primary production of the biosphere is consumed largely by microorganisms, whose
metabolism creates the trophic base for detrital foodwebs, drives element cycles, and …

Soil enzymes are central to ecosystem processes because they mediate numerous
reactions that are essential in biogeochemical cycles. However, how soil enzyme activities …

Microbial community metabolism relies on external digestion, mediated by extracellular
enzymes that break down complex organic matter into molecules small enough for cells to …

Soil enzyme activities are the direct expression of the soil community to metabolic
requirements and available nutrients. While the diversity of soil organisms is important, the …

Current soil enzyme methods measure potential enzyme activities, which are indicative of
overall enzyme concentrations. However, they do not provide insight in the actual rates of …

Soil extracellular enzymes are involved in the decomposition of plant litter and soil organic
matter, and their activities are of critical significance to soil carbon and nutrient turnover in …

Extracellular enzymes allow microbes to acquire carbon and nutrients from complex
molecules and catalyse the rate‐limiting step in nutrient mineralization. Because the factors …