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Review Article

Biotechnological potential and conservatory of extremophiles from climatically wide ranged developing countries: Lesson from Pakistan

Pages 1-8 | Received 29 Nov 2011, Accepted 22 Mar 2012, Published online: 21 Apr 2012

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