Determination of Adenylates and Adenylate Energy Charge

  • Rainer Georg Joergensen
  • Markus Raubuch
Part of the Soil Biology book series (SOILBIOL, volume 5)

Keywords

Microbial Biomass Soil Microbial Biomass Soil Biol Benzalkonium Chloride Adenylate Energy Charge 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Rainer Georg Joergensen
    • 1
  • Markus Raubuch
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Soil Biology and Plant NutritionUniversity of KasselWitzenhausenGermany

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