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Prince, R.C., Douglas, G.S. (2005). Quantification of Hydrocarbon Biodegradation Using Internal Markers. In: Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation. Soil Biology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28904-6_8
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