Cleaning up with genomics: Applying molecular biology to bioremediation

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE VECTOR; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 2142763872     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro731     Document Type: Article

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