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Theodorou, M.K., Brookman, J., Trinci, A.P. (2005). Anaerobic fungi. In: Makkar, H.P., McSweeney, C.S. (eds) Methods in Gut Microbial Ecology for Ruminants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3791-0_5
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