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Molecular Techniques for Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation

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Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation

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  1. Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus 21, 111 Lakeshore Road, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9

    Lyle G. Whyte

  2. Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4P 2R2

    Charles W. Greer

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Whyte, L.G., Greer, C.W. (2005). Molecular Techniques for Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation. In: Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation. Soil Biology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28904-6_10

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