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Xinyue Gu, Perran A. Ross, Alex Gill, Qiong Yang, Eloise Ansermin, Sonia Sharma, Safieh Soleimannejad, Kanav Sharma, Ashley Callahan, Courtney Brown, Paul A. Umina, Torsten N. Kristensen, Ary A. Hoffmann
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
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Microbiology
Lea Nosalova, Maria Piknova, Mariana Kolesarova, Peter Pristas
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Xin Yuan, Yiquan Sun, Dong Ni, Zhenwen Xie, Yanyan Zhang, Sun Miao, Linjun Wu, Xin Xing, Jiane Zuo
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Phuong Minh Nguyen, Phuc Thi Do, Yen Bao Pham, Thi Oanh Doan, Xuan Cuong Nguyen, Woo Kul Lee, D. Duc Nguyen, Ashiwin Vadiveloo, Myoung-Jin Um, Huu Hao Ngo
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Hui Rong, Shuqing Zhang, Guowei Ma, Xinguo Zheng, Chunxiang Qian, Lei Zhang, Ying Zhang, Rui Xu
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Eva Blondeau-Bidet, Ghizlane Banousse, Thibaut L'Honore, Emilie Farcy, Celine Cosseau, Catherine Lorin-Nebel
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