Bacterial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls

Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 347-366

  Mackova, Martina ^a,b   Uhlik, Ondrej ^a,b   Lovecka, Petra ^a   Viktorova, Jitka ^a,b   Novakova, Martina ^a,b   Demnerova, Katerina ^a   Sylvestre, Michel ^c   Macek, Tomas ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9204-5_16     Document Type: Chapter

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