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- Acid Mine Drainage
- Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
- Appl Environ
- Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans
- Thiobacillus Ferrooxidans
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Johnson, D.B., Hallberg, K.B. (2007). Techniques for Detecting and Identifying Acidophilic Mineral-Oxidizing Microorganisms. In: Rawlings, D.E., Johnson, D.B. (eds) Biomining. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34911-2_12
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