Molecular biology of nitroarene degradation

Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 63-89

  Parales, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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