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Original Articles

Heavy Metal Tolerance and Biotransformation of Toxic Metal Compounds by New Isolates of Wood-Rotting Fungi from Thailand

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Pages 283-288 | Received 23 Aug 2015, Accepted 24 Aug 2015, Published online: 25 Feb 2016

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