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Behavior of tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole and their corresponding resistance genes in three-dimensional biofilm-electrode reactors with low current

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Pages 333-340 | Received 28 Jul 2016, Accepted 12 Oct 2016, Published online: 07 Dec 2016

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