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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2022YFE0136300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42276060, 42076031), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2021YQ26), and the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (No. tsqn201909057). The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-1998-4.
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Liu, X., Wang, H., Liu, J. et al. Microbial Sulfate Reduction and Its Role in Carbon Sequestration in Marine Sediments. J. Earth Sci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-024-1998-4
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