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Original Articles

Dimethyl sulphide degradation using immobilized Thiobacillus thioparus in a biotrickling filter

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Pages 1273-1279 | Received 29 Dec 2008, Accepted 19 Mar 2009, Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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