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  1. Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte–Anne–de–Bellevue, QC, Canada

    Terrence H. Bell

  2. National Research Council Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Charles W. Greer & Etienne Yergeau

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  1. J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

    Karen E. Nelson

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Bell, T.H., Greer, C.W., Yergeau, E. (2015). Metagenomics Potential for Bioremediation. In: Nelson, K.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7478-5_123

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