Denitrifying prokaryotes

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 405-425

  Shapleigh, James P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30141-4_71     Document Type: Chapter

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