Bacterial Community Structure in Activated Sludge Reactors Treating Free or Metal-Complexed Cyanides
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Quan Zhe-Xue
(Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University)
Rhee Sung-Keun (Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University) Bae Jin-Woo (Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) Baek Jong-Hwan (Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Park Yong-Ha (Biological Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology) Lee Sung-Taik (Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
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