Genetically modified organisms for the environment: Stories of success and failure and what we have learned from them

International Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-222

  Cases, Ildefonso ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Eco engineering; Pseudomonas; Synthetic Biology

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 24944583078     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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