FUNCTION OF PROTEASE AND PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITIES IN SUBSIDENCE OF PAHOKEE MUCK1
FUNCTION OF PROTEASE AND PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITIES IN SUBSIDENCE OF PAHOKEE MUCK1
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蛋白酶和磷酸酶活性在帕霍基淤泥沉降中的作用1
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10.1097/00010694-198410000-00003
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1984
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R. Tate
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R. Tate
To elucidate the biochemical mechanisms involved in subsidence of Histosols, I examined the role of protease and phosphatase activities in organic matter oxidation in Pahokee muck of the Everglades Agricultural Area. I studied the variation of enzyme levels in relation to the availability of organic matter (both exogenously supplied and native) and the parameters of development of enzymatic activities during reestablishment of microbial communities in steam-sterilized muck. In sterilized soils, protease and phosphatase activity development was compared with changes in endogenous respiration, glucose respiration, and polyphenol oxidase activity. Both protease and phosphatase activities were stimulated by augmented availability of metabolizable organic matter. This was shown through amendment of muck with dried, ground sugarcane (Saccharum spp. L.) leaves and through enhanced availability of native soil organic matter (suspension in water and mixing with sand). In the presence of plant debris, the augmented enzyme levels were maintained for up to 15d before a significant decline in activity was observed. Protease, phosphatase, and polyphenol oxidase activities, endogenous respiration, and glucose respiration increased immediately upon inoculation of sterile muck with fresh muck (1g fresh/10 g sterile muck). Greater activity was developed in sterile muck from a St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt) Kuntz) field than in sterile muck from an uncropped (bare) field. Phosphatase activity was enhanced in both types of sterile muck by amendment with glucose, whereas protease activity was stimulated by this amendment only in the sterile muck from the uncropped field. Augmented protease, phosphatase, and polyphenol oxidase activities were maintained for several weeks in the recolonized sterile muck, while the respiratory activities peaked within 3d of inoculation, then declined. These data suggest that protease and phosphatase activities are involved in oxidation of both readily available and humified soil organic matter. Hence, a role of these enzymic activities in Histosol subsidence is proposed.