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Microbial cell immobilization: a renaissance to bioaugmentation inadequacies. A review

Amechi S. NwankweguDepartment of Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Faculty of Biosciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chukwudi O. OnwosiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Pages 186-198 | Received 05 Nov 2016, Accepted 03 Apr 2017, Published online: 31 Jul 2017

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