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when it comes to bacterial reduction of the selenium oxyanion, Masters dissertation, University
of Pretoria, South Africa
White O, Eisen JA, Heidelberg JF, Hickey EK, Peterson JD, Dodson RJ, Haft DH, Gwinn ML,
Nelson WC, Richardson DL, Moffat KS, Qin H, Jiang L, Pamphile W, Crosby M, Shen M,
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Groundwater Association Convention, 30 Sept.–2 Oct. 1992, Las Vegas, NV
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Bioeng 80(40):369–379
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