Metal reducers and reduction targets. A short survey about the distribution of dissimilatory metal reducers and the multitude of terminal electron acceptors

Microbial Metal Respiration: From Geochemistry to Potential Applications

Volumn 9783642328671, Issue , 2012, Pages 129-159

  Sturm, Gunnar ^a   Dolch, Kerstin ^a   Richter, Katrin ^a   Rautenberg, Micha ^a   Gescher, Johannes ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32867-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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