Bioelectrochemical chlorate reduction by Dechloromonas agitata CKB

Felipe Torres-Rojas1, Diana Muñoz2, Natalia Tapia2

  • 1Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile.

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