Arginine ammonification

Measurements other than respiration rate can also be used as indicators of soil microbial activity. These include measurements of the rate of multienzyme processes such as arginine ammonification rate (Alef and Kleiner 1995) fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolysis rate (Alef 1995) and measurement of key endocellular enzymes such as dehydrogenase (Tabatabai 1994). 

Alef K, Kleiner D (1995) Arginine ammonification. In Alef K, Nannipieri P (eds) Methods in applied soil microbiology and biochemistry. Academic Press, London, pp 238-240... 

Lin, Q. and Brookes, P. C. (1999b). Arginine ammonification as a method to estimate soil microbial biomass and microbial community structure. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31,1985-1997. 

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