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Chen-Charpentier, B.M., Kojouharov, H.V. (2007). Biofilms in Porous Media: Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation. In: Singh, S.N., Tripathi, R.D. (eds) Environmental Bioremediation Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34793-4_21

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