Chapter 7 Microbial redox interactions with uranium: an environmental perspective

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2002, Pages 205-223

  Robert T , Anderson ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 77956681929     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(02)80036-5     Document Type: Article

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