Microbial ecology of soil biofilms: Substrate bioavailability, bioremediation and complexity

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 28, Issue PART 2, 2002, Pages 17-42

  Burns, R G ^a   Stach, J E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038806464     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(02)80006-X     Document Type: Article

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