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Articles | Volume 2, issue 3
Articles | Volume 2, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-433-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-433-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 2, issue 3
Original research article
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06 Sep 2016
Original research article |  | 06 Sep 2016

Simultaneous quantification of depolymerization and mineralization rates by a novel 15N tracing model

Louise C. Andresen, Anna-Karin Björsne, Samuel Bodé, Leif Klemedtsson, Pascal Boeckx, and Tobias Rütting

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In soil the constant transport of nitrogen (N) containing compounds from soil organic matter and debris out into the soil water, is controlled by soil microbes and enzymes that literally cut down polymers (such as proteins) into single amino acids (AA), hereafter microbes consume AAs and excrete ammonium back to the soil. We developed a method for analysing N turnover and flow of organic N, based on parallel 15N tracing experiments. The numerical model gives robust and simultaneous quantification.
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