The University of Mississippi

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Environment

Determination of Microbial Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Waters, Soils, and Sediments using High Throughput Microplate Assays

Colin R. Jackson¹, Heather L. Tyler¹, Justin J. Millar¹

¹Department of Biology, The University of Mississippi

Microplate based procedures are described for the colorimetric or fluorometric analysis of extracellular enzyme activity. These procedures allow for the rapid assay of such activity in large numbers of environmental samples within a manageable time frame.