Biological amphiphiles (microbial biosurfactants)
β Scribed by Siegmund Lang
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-0294
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