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11:1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-017-0894-x
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22:249–256
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from Pseudomonas stutzeri DEH130, isolated from marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis.
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Zhang J, XinY CX, Xue S, Zhang W (2014) Purification and characterization of 2-haloacid
dehalogenase from marine bacterium Paracoccus sp DEH130 isolated from marine sponge
Hymeniacidon perlevis. J Ocean Univ China 13:91–96
Zhao D, Kumar S, Zhou J, Wang R, Li M, Xiang H (2017) Isolation and complete genome sequence
of Halorientalis hydrocaebonoclasticus sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading haloarchaon.
Extremophiles 21:1081–1090
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microorganisms in saline wastewater and soil. Environ Pollut 158:1119–1126
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