Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

Amelia-Elena Rotaru; Pravin Malla Shrestha; Nikhil S. Malvankar; Fanghua Liu; Wei Fan; Kelly P. Nevin; Derek R. Lovley

doi:10.1038/srep05019

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Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

Amelia-Elena Rotaru Pravin Malla Shrestha Nikhil S. Malvankar Fanghua Liu

Wei Fan

Kelly P. Nevin Derek R. Lovley

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Published: May 21, 2014
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Amelia-Elena Rotaru

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Pravin Malla Shrestha

Jiangsu University

Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003

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Derek R. Lovley

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Amelia-Elena Rotaru, Pravin Malla Shrestha, Nikhil S. Malvankar, et al. (2014). Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar. Scientific Reports, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05019

Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

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