A modified test for chitinase and cellulase activity in soil mites

Pedobiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 186-189

  Smrž, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Activity; Enzyme; Oribatid and acarid mites; Tissue homogenate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034113083     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0031-4056(04)70037-2     Document Type: Article

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