Electric and magnetic fields in microbial biotechnology: possibilities, limitations, and perspectives

Electro- and Magnetobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-212

  Velizarov, Svetlozar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

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