Anaerobic Biodegradation of Solid Waste

Environmental Microbiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 281-299

  Barlaz, Morton A ^a   Staley, Bryan F ^a   De Los Reyes III, Francis L ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradation of solid waste; Landfill microbiology rich but relatively unexplored anaerobic ecosystem; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T RFLP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880085210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470495117.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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