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Sriprang, R., Murooka, Y. (2007). Accumulation and Detoxification of Metals by Plants and Microbes. In: Singh, S.N., Tripathi, R.D. (eds) Environmental Bioremediation Technologies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34793-4_4

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