Running title: Denitrification and magnetite biomineralization
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Department Biologie I, 8 Mikrobiologie, Großhaderner Str. 4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany 9 10 #Corresponding author: Dirk Schüler 11 e-mail: [email protected] 12 Tel: +4989218074502 13 Fax: +4989218074515 14 15 16 Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.00903-12 JB Accepts, published online ahead of print on 22 June 2012
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