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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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A M Kaufmann¹, R Schmidt-Ott², A Prechtl²

¹Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin Gynäkologische Tumorimmunologie, Hindenburgdamm 20, 12200, Berlin, Deutschland. andreas.kaufmann@charite.de.

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