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Microbial degradative activity in ground water at a chemical waste disposal site

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  1. Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 39217, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    Huey-Min Hwang

  2. Institute of Ecology, Department of Marine Sciences, and Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia, USA

    Robert E. Hodson

  3. Environmental Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, 30613, Athens, Georgia, USA

    David L. Lewis

  4. U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 61824-4005, Champaign, Illinois, USA

    Richard Scholze

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Hwang, HM., Hodson, R.E., Lewis, D.L. et al. Microbial degradative activity in ground water at a chemical waste disposal site. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 856–863 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209950

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