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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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Marika Suontaka¹, Nina Lindberg, Hanna Putkonen

¹marika.suontaka@helsinki.fi

Duodecim; Laaketieteellinen Aikakauskirja

|November 21, 2007

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