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Original Articles

Microbial Diversity in Uranium Deposits from Jaduguda and Bagjata Uranium Mines, India as Revealed by Clone Library and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Analyses

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Pages 862-874 | Received 01 Jun 2013, Accepted 01 Mar 2014, Published online: 10 Oct 2014

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