PLFA Analyses of Microbial Communities Associated with PAH-Contaminated Riverbank Sediment

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 680-691

  Pratt, Brenda ^a   Riesen, Roland ^b   Johnston, Carl G ^c  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Ecole d'Ingenieurs de Changins   (Switzerland)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866738754     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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