| Abstract: | The adsorption and specific activities of acid phosphatase on soil colloids and minerals in oxalate systems with different pH values were studied using the batch method. Results indicated that the amount of phosphatase adsorption decreased in the following order: goethite ? yellow-brown soil (YBS) > kaolinite > latosol, and the specific activities of immobilized phosphatase were goethite > latosol > kaolinite > YBS. The profiles of enzymatic adsorption and specific activity on soil minerals were bell shaped, and their change tendencies were out of sync. The optimal pH for phosphatase adsorption was located between the isoelectric point of phosphatase and the zero point of charge of the studied soil minerals, and the optimal pH for the specific activity of the immobilized enzyme either did not change or shifted toward alkalinity. Enzymatic adsorption amounts and specific activities were greater when the enzyme was added before oxalate than when enzyme was added after oxalate. |
