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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities

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K O Gundermann¹

¹Abteilung Hygiene, Sozialhygiene und Gesundheitswesen im Klinikum der Universität, Brunswiker Straße 4, D-2300, Kiel 1.

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