Dissimilatory Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-Reducing prokaryotes

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 287-308

  Lovley, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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