Bacterial Activity Enhancement and Soil Decontamination

Biotechnology: Second Edition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 425-439

  Menn, Fu Min ^a   Easter, James P ^a   Sayler, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL DECONTAMINATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 67349255084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527620951.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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