The importance of sewer biofilms

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 487-494

  Jensen, Henriette ^a   Biggs, Catherine A ^a   Karunakaran, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990187458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1144     Document Type: Review

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