Phosphatase activity in temperate pasture soils: Potential regulation of labile organic phosphorus turnover by phosphodiesterase activity

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 344; no. 1; pp. 27 - 36
• Main Authors: Turner, Benjamin L., Haygarth, Philip M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.05.2005
• Subjects: Agriculture; England; Environmental Monitoring; Organic phosphorus; Organophosphorus Compounds - analysis; Pasture; Phosphatase; Phosphodiesterase; Phosphomonoesterase; Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases - chemistry; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases - chemistry; Soil; Soil - analysis; Wales; British Isles, England; British Isles, Wales; Organic phosphorus; Soil; Phosphomonoesterase; Phosphatase; Pasture; Phosphodiesterase

Phosphatase enzymes regulate organic phosphorus (P) turnover in soil, but a clear understanding remains elusive. To investigate this, phosphomonoesterase and phosphodiesterase activities were determined by using para-nitrophenol ( pNP) analogue substrates in a range of temperate pasture soils from E...