Nitrogen-Containing Macromolecules in the Bio- and Geosphere

Content: Nitrogen and N-containing macromolecules in the bio- and geosphere : an introduction / B. Artur Stankiewicz and Pim F. van Bergen -- Analysis of intractable biological samples by solids NMR / Karl J. Kramer, Theodore L. Hopkins, and Jacob Schaefer -- On-line determination of group-specific isotope ratios in model compounds and aquatic humic substances by coupling pyrolysis to GC-C-IRMS / G. Gleixner and H.-L. Schmidt -- Pyrolysis-gas chromatography for the analysis of proteins : with emphasis on forages / James B. Reeves, III and Barry A. Francis -- Biogeochemistry of organic nitrogen compounds / Jeffrey L. Bada -- The geochemical fate of proteins / M.J. Collins, D. Walton, and A. King -- Protein preservation during early diagenesis in marine waters and sediments / Reno T. Nguyen and H. Rodger Harvey -- Early diagenetic transformations of proteins and polysaccharides in archaeological plant remains / Helen A. Bland, Pim F. van Bergen, James F. Carter, and Richard P. Evershed -- Preservation of DNA in the fossil record / Hendrik N. Poinar -- Native and modified chitins in the biosphere / Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli and Corrado Muzzarelli -- Chitin biodegradation in marine environments / Mathieu Poulicek, François Gaill, and Gerhard Goffinet -- The fate of chitin in Quaternary and Tertiary strata / B. Artur Stankiewicz, Derek E.G. Briggs, Richard P. Evershed, Randall F. Miller, and Anja Bierstedt -- Chitin : 'forgotten' source of nitrogen : from modern chitin to thermally mature kerogen : lessons from nitrogen isotope ratios / A. Schimmelmann, R.P. Wintsch, M.D. Lewan, and M.J. DeNiro -- Timing and mechanisms of changes in nitrogen functionality during biomass fossilization / S. Derenne, H. Knicker, C. Largeau, and P. Hatcher -- Comparative study of the release of molecular nitrogen from sedimentary matter during non-isothermal pyrolysis / B.M. Krooss, B. Müller, P. Gerling, and R. Littke -- Utilization by cattle of the nitrogen in forage crops / Richard A. Kohn -- Characterization of soil organic nitrogen after addition of biogenic waste composts by means of NMR and GC-MS / Stefanie Siebert, Heike Knicker, Mark A. Hatcher, Jens Leifield, and Ingrid Kögel-Knabner -- Effects of long-term fertilizer and manure treatments on the distribution and ¹⁵N natural abundance of amino acids in the Palace Leas Meadow Hay Plots : a preliminary study / R. Bol, J.M. Wilson, R.S. Shiel, K.J. Petzke, A. Watson, and J. Cockburn -- Organic geochemical studies of soils from Rothamsted Experimental Station : III nitrogen-containing organic matter in soil from Geescroft Wilderness / Pim F. van Bergen, Matthew B. Flannery, Paul R. Poulton, and Richard P. Evershed -- Soil organic nitrogen formation examined by means of NMR spectroscopy / Heike Knicker and Ingrid Kögel-Knabner.