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Microbial degradation of bitumen matrix used in nuclear waste repositories

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Wolf, M., Bachofen, R. Microbial degradation of bitumen matrix used in nuclear waste repositories. Naturwissenschaften 78, 414–417 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01133415

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