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Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control

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  1. BIOREM Technologies, 7496 Wellington Road 34, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6H9, Canada

    Zarook Shareefdeen & Brian Herner

  2. Petrozyme Technologies, 7496 Wellington Road 34, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6H9, Canada

    Ajay Singh

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    Zarook Shareefdeen

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    Ajay Singh

  3. Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Ajay Singh

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Shareefdeen, Z., Herner, B., Singh, A. (2005). Biotechnology for Air Pollution Control — an Overview. In: Shareefdeen, Z., Singh, A. (eds) Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27007-8_1

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