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Investigating the viral ecology and contribution to the microbial ecology in full-scale mesophilic anaerobic digesters
- Award ID(s):
- 1804158
- PAR ID:
- 10567148
- Publisher / Repository:
- Chemosphere
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Chemosphere
- Volume:
- 349
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0045-6535
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 140743
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140743
