The use of bioinformatics and genome biology to advance our understanding of bioleaching microorganisms

Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 221-239

  Quatrini, Raquel ^a,b   Valdès, Jorge ^a,b   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^c   Holmes, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5589-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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