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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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S Trča¹, J Matek, Z Krška

¹Chirurgická klinika I. LF UK a VFN Praha. stanislav.trca@vn.cz

Rozhledy V Chirurgii : Mesicnik Ceskoslovenske Chirurgicke Spolecnosti

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