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Danış, Ö., Ogan, A., Birbir, M. (2018). Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production from Renewable and Waste Materials Using Extremophiles/Recombinant Microbes. In: Sani, R., Krishnaraj Rathinam, N. (eds) Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74459-9_11

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