Reach out and touch someone: Potential impact of DIET (direct interspecies energy transfer) on anaerobic biogeochemistry, bioremediation, and bioenergy

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 79957863138     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-011-9236-9     Document Type: Editorial

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