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Phylogenetic diversity and characterization of novel and efficient cellulase producing bacterial isolates from

Sangeeta Pandey1, Surender Singh, Ajar Nath Yadav

  • 1Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|July 9, 2013
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