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[Development of microbiological technology of air deodoration in laboratory-industrial conditions using a pilot

V G Zhukov1, I S Rogozhin, N A Ushakova

  • 1Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Prikladnaia Biokhimiia I Mikrobiologiia
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