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Environmental Control of the Synthesis and Activity of Aquatic Microbial Ectoenzymes

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Microbial Enzymes in Aquatic Environments

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The majority (>95%) of organic matter in aquatic environments is composed of polymeric, high-molecular-weight compounds (Allen, 1976; Romankevich, 1984; Cole et al., 1984; Thurman. 1985; Münster and Chróst, 1990). Because the passage of organic molecules across the microbial cytoplasmic membrane is an active process requiring specific transport enzymes (permeases), only small (low-molecular-weight) and simple molecules can be directly transferred from the environment into the cell (Rogers, 1961; Payne, 1980a; Geller, 1985). This means that only a small portion of the total dissolved organic matter (DOM) is readily utilizable in natural waters (Münster, 1985; Azam and Cho, 1987; Jørgensen, 1987), and that the majority of DOM cannot be directly transported to microbial cells because of the large size of its molecules.

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Chróst, R.J. (1991). Environmental Control of the Synthesis and Activity of Aquatic Microbial Ectoenzymes. In: Chróst, R.J. (eds) Microbial Enzymes in Aquatic Environments. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3090-8_3

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