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EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL LIGNIN PEROXIDASE ON ORGANIC CARBON MINERALIZATION IN SOIL, USING RECOMBINANT STREPTOMYCES STRAINS
Citation:
Wang, Z., D. Crawford, T. Magnuson, B. Bleakley, AND G. Hertel. EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL LIGNIN PEROXIDASE ON ORGANIC CARBON MINERALIZATION IN SOIL, USING RECOMBINANT STREPTOMYCES STRAINS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-94/563, 1991.
Description:
Purified lignin peroxidase was added to sterile and nonsterile silt loam soil to study the effects of bacterial lignin peroxidase ALip-P3 of Streptomyces viridosporus T7A on the rate of organic carbon turnover in soil. ignin peroxidase ALip-P3 appears to affect the short-term turnover rate of lignin-derived organic carbon in soil, and normal, low lignin peroxidase concentrations in soil may limit the initial turnover rate of lignified plant residues in soil. his is the first report of a genetically engineered microorganism having a measurable effect on a biogeochemical cycle in soil.