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Chijian Tang1, Cuiping Wan1, Jianing Gan1

  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Processes and Remediation in Ecologically Fragile Regions, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China; University Engineering Research Center of Green Remediation and Low Carbon Development for Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
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Enterobacter sp.ManganeseMetagenomicsPhosphorus and iron cyclingPolygonum lapathifolium L.

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