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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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A Gliese, C-J Busch, R Knecht¹

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf-Hals-Chirurgie und Onkologie, Universitäres Cancer Center Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. r.knecht@uke.de.

|October 7, 2015

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