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    Alejandra Giaveno, Laura Lavalle & Chiacchiarini Patricia

  2. Centro de Investigaci ó n Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales (CINDEFI-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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Giaveno, A., Lavalle, L., Patricia, C., Donati, E. (2007). Airlift Reactors: Characterization And Applications In Biohydrometallurgy. In: Donati, E.R., Sand, W. (eds) Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5589-7_9

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