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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Organic Peroxyacids for Eradicating Dairy Biofilms Using an Approach Combining Static and Dynamic Methods
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Bioengineering Report. Fouling biofilm development: a process analysis. Biotechnol Bioeng., Vol. XXIII, Pp. 1923-60
W G Characklis1, Introduction By James D Bryers
1College of Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|December 19, 2008
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