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Rubber stoppers used with sulphidic media: a note of caution

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Common black rubber stoppers, made from natural rubber and styrene–butadiene, may cause a loss of hydrogen sulphide from aqueous media and impede the growth of sulphate-reducing bacteria under thermophilic conditions.

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    Lars Elsgaard

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Elsgaard, L. Rubber stoppers used with sulphidic media: a note of caution. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 16, 571–572 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008909530445

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