Composting (Humification) of nitroaromatic compounds

Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 357-393

  Bruns Nagel, Dirk ^a   Steinbach, Klaus ^a   Gemsa, Diethard ^a   Von Löw, Eberhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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