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... Inc.inthefreeform,andconsequentlyavailableforrapiduptake,remainsunknown.Thisadsorptionandtheconcurrentloweravailabilityforbacterialuptakemightcauseanunder-estimationoftheactualbacterialproductiononandinpolysaccharide-richmaterialsuchasmarinesnow(44),relativetobacterialenzymeactivity.ThecouplingbetweenhydrolysisanduptakeofDOMinparticle-associatedandfreebacteriaisstillnotfullyunderstood.Thereasonswhytheattachedbacteriabenefitsolittlefromtheirstronghydrolyticactivities,iftherearenolimitingfactorsinterferingwiththeuptakeofenzymatichydrolysisproducts,areunknown.Thisfundamentaldiscrepancyshouldbemorethoroughlyinvestigatedinordertoimproveunderstandingofthebiogeo-chemicalfluxoforganicmatterandtheroleofbacteriainthecyclingofDOMintheocean.Inanycase,itiswellacceptedthatparticledecomposition(45)contributessignificantlytothelossoforganicmaterialfromsettlingparticlesduringsinkingandthusdeterminestheefficiencyofthebiologicalCpump(organicmattertransportfromtheseasurfacetotheseabed).D.EnvironmentalFactorsInfluencingEnzymaticActivityThemagnitudeofthemainextracellularenzymeactivitiesinmarinewaterisfrequentlyintheorderaminopeptidaseϾphosphataseϾβ-glucosidaseϾchitobiaseϾesteraseϾα-glucosidase.However,exceptionsmayoccur,asobservedbyChristianandKarl(46)intheequatorialPacific,whereβ-glucosidasewasaboutfourtimeshigherthanaminopep-tidase.Thissuggeststhattheremaybefactorsregulatingactivitiesonalargescale.How-ever,knowledgeofglobalregulatingfactorsisscarce.ChristianandKarl(47)foundthathistidineandphenylalanineinhibitedaminopeptidaseexpressioninAntarcticwaters.Like-wise,KimandLipscomb(48)suggestedthatmetalsmayberegulatingfactorsforproteases(leucineaminopeptidaseseemstobeprincipallyaZn2ϩ-dependentenzyme).ThiswasespeciallyduetoZn2ϩ(whichisrareinmarinewaters),butMn2ϩ,Co2ϩ,Fe2ϩ,andMg2ϩmightalsoplayarole(47–50).Inthesurfacelayeroftheocean,ultraviolet-Bradiationcanbeimportant,mainlythroughphotochemicaldegradationoftheextracellularenzymes(51,52).Withrespecttophosphataseactivity,theabundanceofinorganicPisregardedasaregulatingfactor,particularlyfortheP-limitedregionsintheoceans(53–55).However,dissolvedorganicphosphorus(DOP)andparticulateorganicPalsoshouldbeconsidered(56).Furthermore,mechanismsofphosphataseregulationaredifferentforbacteriaandphytoplankton.WhilethephosphatasesofphytoplanktonseemtoberegulatedstrictlybyinorganicPconcentrations(49,57–59),thismechanismisnotsoclearforbacterialphosphatases.ThelattermaytargetCandNratherthanPsupply,aspointedoutforthelimneticenvironmentbySiudaandGu¨de(60)andforthedeepandC-limited,butphos-phate-replete,oceanbyHoppeandUllrich(61).Inanycase,regardlessofenvironmentalfactors,variationofspeciescompositionwithinthebacterialcommunitycansignificantlyinfluencethedistributionofenzymeactivitiesinthesea(62,63).Theeffectsofenvironmentalfactorsonenzymeregulationarereflectedbythediver-sityofextracellularenzymes,asexpressedinthepossiblerangesofKmandthepatternsofindividualcell-specificenzymepotentials(Table2,Table3).InformationontheKmvalues ... zone between land and the open sea. Thus theyare frequently characterized by local morphological and hydrographical patterns and bygradients of salinity, eutrophication, pollution, and sediment ... Contribution of Different N Sources to Bacterial N DemandDFAA DCAA NHϩ4 Environment Conditions (% of N demand) (% of N demand) (% of N demand) Experiment ReferenceDelaware Bay estuary Exponential...

... self-reported PA and accelerometry were analy zed at T1 and T2, and bivariate analyses were conducted among all variables,including directly measured and indirectly measuredbuilt environment variables, ... directly and indirectlymeasured built environment attributes and physical activity adoptionKristen M McAlexander1,2*†, Scherezade K Mama2†, Ashley Medina2†, Daniel P O’Connor2† and Rebecca ... between directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes. The association between changes in PA and the degree of concordance between each directly and indirectly measured environmental...

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