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The influence of short-chain fatty acids, vitamins and some other factors on the sulphate-reduction in lactate cultures ofDesulphovibrio desulphuricans (Beijerinck), Kluyver and van Niel

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Ghose, T.K. The influence of short-chain fatty acids, vitamins and some other factors on the sulphate-reduction in lactate cultures ofDesulphovibrio desulphuricans (Beijerinck), Kluyver and van Niel. Schweiz. Z. Hydrologie 17, 265–347 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483577

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