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Biological Treatment of Waste Gases Containing Volatile Organic Compounds

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  1. Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, B.P. 20 722, 44307, Nantes Cedex 03, France

    Pierre Le Cloirec, Yves Andrès, Claire Gérente & Pascaline Pré

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  1. Research and Development, BIOREM Technologies Inc., 7496 Wellington Road 34, Guelph, ON, N1H 6H9, Canada

    Zarook Shareefdeen

  2. Petrozyme Technologies Inc., 7496 Wellington Road 34, Guelph, ON, N1H 6H9, Canada

    Ajay Singh

  3. Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Ajay Singh

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Le Cloirec, P., Andrès, Y., Gérente, C., Pré, P. (2005). Biological Treatment of Waste Gases Containing Volatile Organic Compounds. In: Shareefdeen, Z., Singh, A. (eds) Biotechnology for Odor and Air Pollution Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27007-8_13

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