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Assimilation of liquid hydrocarbon by microorganisms. II. Growth kinetics

Y Miura, M Okazaki, S I Murakawa

    Biotechnology and Bioengineering
    |May 1, 1977
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    hydrocarbon assimilationmicrobial growthsaturation kineticsCandida intermediabioprocess engineering

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