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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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Stefan Nickel¹

¹Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitsökonomie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Martinistraße 52, D-20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. nickel@uke.de.

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