Biodegradation and biodeterioration of man-made polymeric materials

Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 212-235

  Sabev, Hristo A ^a   Barratt, Sarah R ^a   Greenhalgh, Malcom ^b   Handley, Pauline S ^a   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Arch UK Biocides Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511550522.010     Document Type: Chapter

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