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Original Articles

Investigating different mechanisms for biogenic selenite transformations: Geobacter sulfurreducens, Shewanella oneidensis and Veillonella atypica

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Pages 1313-1326 | Received 19 Dec 2008, Accepted 21 Apr 2009, Published online: 15 Oct 2009

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