Microbial Diversity and PAH Catabolic Genes Tracking Spatial Heterogeneity of PAH Concentrations

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Bengtsson, Göran ^a   Törneman, Niklas ^a   de Lipthay, Julia R ^b   Sørensen, Søren J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84872333791     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0112-0     Document Type: Article

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