Different strategies in anaerobic biodegradation of aromatic compounds: Nitrate reducers versus strict anaerobes

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Philipp, Bodo ^a,b   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84867188419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00304.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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