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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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Published on: November 15, 2013

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Johannes Ring¹

¹Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie am Biederstein, Technische Universität München, Biedersteinerstr. 29, D-80802, München, Deutschland. Johannes.Ring@lrz.tum.de.

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