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Continuous two-phase flow miniaturised bioreactor for monitoring anaerobic biocatalysis by pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase

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Continuous two-phase flow miniaturised bioreactor for monitoring anaerobic biocatalysis by pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase. / Mohr, Stephan; Fisher, Karl; Scrutton, Nigel S. et al.
In: Lab on a Chip, Vol. 10, No. 15, 2010, p. 1929-1936.

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Mohr S, Fisher K, Scrutton NS, Goddard NJ, Fielden PR. Continuous two-phase flow miniaturised bioreactor for monitoring anaerobic biocatalysis by pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase. Lab on a Chip. 2010;10(15):1929-1936. doi: 10.1039/c003561k

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Mohr, Stephan ; Fisher, Karl ; Scrutton, Nigel S. et al. / Continuous two-phase flow miniaturised bioreactor for monitoring anaerobic biocatalysis by pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase. In: Lab on a Chip. 2010 ; Vol. 10, No. 15. pp. 1929-1936.

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