Diversity, biodegradation and bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Environmental Bioremediation Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 409-443

  Labana, Sumeet ^a   Kapur, Manisha ^a   Malik, Deepak K ^a   Prakash, Dhan ^a   Jain, R K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34793-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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