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Original Articles

The biotechnological potential of the extreme halophilic archaea Haloterrigena sp. H13 in xenobiotic metabolism using a comparative genomics approach

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Pages 905-914 | Received 07 Nov 2009, Accepted 23 Feb 2010, Published online: 14 Jun 2010

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