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Inhibition of microbial growth and metabolism by excess turbulence

M K Toma1, M P Ruklisha, J J Vanags

  • 1August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 226067 Riga, Kleisti, Latvian Republic, USSR.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|August 20, 1991
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