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Original Articles

Effect of Competing Electron Acceptors on the Reduction of U(VI) by Desulfotomaculum reducens

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Pages 435-443 | Received 19 Oct 2009, Accepted 10 Nov 2009, Published online: 08 Jun 2010

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