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Damiana Ravasi1, Roger König2, Pamela Principi2

  • 1Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Environment, Construction and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Via Mirasole 22a, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
|February 8, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE)Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC)antibiotic resistant microorganismsfluorescenttagged microorganismsnext-generation sequencing (NGS) analysiswastewater treatment plant.

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