Oxygenase systems in an oligotrophic bacterial community of a subsurface water polluted by btex

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 28, Issue PART 2, 2002, Pages 363-375

  Cavalca, L ^a   Dell'Amico, E ^a   Andreoni, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4444337640     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(02)80031-9     Document Type: Article

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