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Assessment of Microbial Phylogenetic Diversity Based on Environmental Nucleic Acids
“It is a Golden Age for the discovery of new organisms and for achieving a better understanding of the global ecosystem, which is, after all, based upon the microbial world” (Hugenholtz and Pace 1996). These sent...
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Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Halogenated Organic Compounds
Halo-organic compounds are among the most problematic pollutants. The relatively great electronegativity of halogens often confers chemical stability to halo-organic compounds, thereby making these compounds r...