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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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C Bruch¹, A Schmermund, N Dagres

¹Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Innere Medizin C Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33 48129 Münster, Germany Tel.: +49-251/8347653 Fax: +49-251/8349780 E-Mail: bruchc@uni-muenster.de, DE.

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