Fluorometric determination of the activity of β-glucosidase and other extracellular hydrolytic enzymes

Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 261-266

  Hendel, Björn ^a   Marxsen, Jürgen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 79956270065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3466-0_35     Document Type: Chapter

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