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Organic Solvent Tolerance of Halophilic Archaea

Ron USAMIDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
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Tadamasa FUKUSHIMADepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
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Toru MIZUKIDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
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Akira INOUEDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
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Yasuhiko YOSHIDADepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
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Koki HORIKOSHIDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-8585, Japan
Pages 1809-1812 | Received 09 Jan 2003, Accepted 29 Apr 2003, Published online: 22 May 2014

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