Problems Associated with the Use of Azide as an Inhibitor of Microbial Activity in Soil
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (3) , 833-836
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.41.3.833-836.1981
Abstract
Problems associated with the use of sodium or potassium azide as an inhibitor of microbial activity in soil include erroneous CO2 evolution readings, shifts in inhibitor concentration, rise in soil pH, and explosion hazard.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Chemical Versus Microbial Decomposition of Amitrole in SoilWeed Science, 1968
- Azide inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport I. The aerobic steady state of succinate oxidationBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1967
- DECOMPOSITION IN SOIL Fate of 2-chloro-s-triazine herbicides in soilJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 1967