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Next-generation experiments linking community structure and ecosystem functioning

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS (2019)

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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS

Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 20-22

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12711

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Environmental Sciences Microbiology

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NERC [NE/M017133/1, NE/K006215/1, NE/M020843/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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