Natural and stimulated biodegradation of petroleum in cold marine environments

Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 389-407

  Brakstad, Odd Gunnar ^a  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74335-4_23     Document Type: Chapter

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