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Query: EC:3.2.1.21 (beta-glucosidase)
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the thermostability up to 70 degrees C for 1 h of selected enzymes present in fresh and composted sewage sludge (SS and SSC) or municipal solid wastes (MSW and MSWC) and their humic extract. After a thermal treatment at 70 degrees C, no beta-glucosidase activity in any humic extract was detected, whereas in SS, SSC, MSW, and MSWC, it was respectively, 35%, 68%, 17%, and 12% compared to thermally untreated samples. By contrast, o-diphenol oxidase activity was even stimulated by thermal treatment in SS samples, but in the humic extracts, this activity decreased by 75-81%. Urease activity in all humic extracts decreased by 70% or more just at 40 degrees C, whereas for organic wastes, this decrease was observed after treatment at 70 degrees C. Alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity was affected by thermal treatment only in MSW and MSWC. In humic extracts, AP activity decreased gradually to zero except for the MSW extract, where 45% activity was retained after treatment at 70 degrees C. In general, thermostability of enzymes in humic extracts was lower than the materials they were extracted from.
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PMID:Thermostability of selected enzymes in organic wastes and in their humic extract. 1850 May 88

Soil enzymatic activities are commonly used as biomarkers of soil quality. Several organic and inorganic compounds found in municipal wastewater sludges can possibly be used as fertilizers. Monitoring and evaluating the quality of sludge amended soils with enzyme activities accepted as a beneficial practice with respect to sustainable soil management. In the present study, variation of some enzyme activities (Alkaline phosphatase, dehydrogenase, urease and beta-glucosidase activities) in soils amended with municipal wastewater sludge at different application rates (50, 100 and 200 t ha(-1) dry sludge) was evaluated. Air dried sludge samples were applied to soil pots and sludge-soil mixtures were incubated during a period of three months at 28 degrees C. The results of the study showed that municipal wastewater sludge amendment apparently increased urease, dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase and P-glucosidase activities in soil by 48-70%, 14-47%, 33-66% and 9-14%, respectively. The maximum activity was generally observed in sludge amended soil with dose of 200 t ha(-1). Urease activity appeared to be a better indicator of soil enhancement with wastewater sludge, as its activity was more strongly increased by sludge amendment. Accordingly, urease activity is suggested to be soil quality indicator best suited for measuring existing conditions and potential changes in sludge-amended soil.
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PMID:Evaluation-of soil enzyme activities as soil quality indicators in sludge-amended soils. 2636 70


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