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DURING an examination of the breakdown of organo-phosphorus compounds by soil micro-organisms it was found necessary to determine phytase activity in a large number of isolates. The following modification of a recently published technique1 for the detection of glutamic acid decarboxylase in bacteria proved suitable for this purpose.
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GREAVES, M., ANDERSON, G. & WEBLEY, D. A Rapid Method for Determining Phytase Activity of Soil Micro-organisms. Nature 200, 1231–1232 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001231b0
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