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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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G Loske¹, T Schorsch², C T Müller²

¹Klinik für Allgemein, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Katholisches Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg gGmbH, Alfredstraße 9, 22087, Hamburg, Deutschland. loske.chir@marienkrankenhaus.org.

Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen

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