Microbial Biotechnology
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Guest Editors: Hildgund Schrempf, Paul Dyson and Sergey Zotchev
Special Issue: Marine Omics (September 2010)
Guest Editors: Laura Giuliano, Michele Barbier and Frederic Briand
Special Issue: Biocatalysis (January 2010)
Guest Editors: Karl-Erich Jaeger, Andreas Schmid and Manuel Ferrer
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Guest Editors: Professor Erick Vandamme and Professor Willy Verstraete
Special Issue: Life of microbes that interact with plants (July 2009)
Guest Editors: Dr. Ana Segura, Dr. Gail Preston and Professor Pierre de Wit
Special Issue: Bioremediation (March 2009)
Guest Editors: Jan Roelof van der Meer, Thomas Wood, Hideaki Nojiri and Pieter van Dillewijn
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