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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013
Research article
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14 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2013

Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea

B. Veuger, A. Pitcher, S. Schouten, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté, and J. J. Middelburg

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