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  1. DECHEMA Research Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Dirk Holtmann, Achim Hannappel & Jens Schrader

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Holtmann, D., Hannappel, A., Schrader, J. (2014). Microbial Electrosynthesis. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_526

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