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Cloning Cellulase Genes from Victoria Falls Rainforest Decaying Logs Metagenome

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|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2024-029 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 343 - 348
Submitted on: Sep 20, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 28, 2022
Published on: Jul 29, 2024
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

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