Phytoremediation and plant metabolism of explosives and nitroaromatic compounds

Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 239-275

  Burken, Joel G ^a   Shanks, Jacqueline V ^b   Thompson, Phillip L ^c  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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