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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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Daniel Gill-Schuster¹, Martin Bergold¹, Lars Holzer¹

¹Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS

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