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Degradation of carbofuran byAzospirillum lipoferum andStreptomyces spp. isolated from flooded alluvial soil

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  1. Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack-753 006, Orissa, India

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Venkateswarlu, K., Sethunathan, N. Degradation of carbofuran byAzospirillum lipoferum andStreptomyces spp. isolated from flooded alluvial soil. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 556–560 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625583

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