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Biology of Microbial Communities - Interview
Published on: May 28, 2007
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Correction to: A thiotrophic microbial community in an acidic brine lake in Northern Chile
Lorena Escudero1,2, Nia Oetiker1, Karem Gallardo1
1Centro de Biotecnología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
|September 5, 2018
Abstract:
In Table 1 of the original article, the unit mg/L was incorrectly published as ng/L in the aluminum, chloride, sulphate and OM columns.
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