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Cunninghamella echinulata a new biosorbent of metal ions from polluted water in Egypt

El-Sayed M. El-Morsy Department of Botany, Damietta Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, New Damietta, Damietta Province, Egypt. P.O. Box 34517
Pages 1183-1189 | Accepted 15 May 2004, Published online: 30 Jan 2017

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