Abstract
Sensitive methods for the determination of several catabolic enzyme activities in the natural water cycle as well as in water treatment plants have been developed. The tests are based on the fluorimetric measurement of dyes which are released by enzymatic cleavage from fluorigenic substrates added to the water sample. On the basis of a linear reaction the turnover rate can be calculated. Compared to photometric tests the detection limits are lower by a factor of 20 to 500, which now allows a precise study of the catabolic activity in samples with low biomass density. In addition, the use of fluorigenic substrates for the determination of microbial enzyme activities provides a higher precision in shorter reaction times compared to photometric tests. In detail, instructions for the determination of esterase, phosphatase, aminopeptidase and glucosidase activities are presented.
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