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spellingShingle Oshiki, Mamoru, Segawa, Takahiro, Ishii, Satoshi, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) Chip for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple N Cycle-Associated Genes, Ecology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Food Science, Biotechnology
title Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) Chip for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple N Cycle-Associated Genes
title_full Nitrogen Cycle Evaluation (NiCE) Chip for Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple N Cycle-Associated Genes
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title_sort nitrogen cycle evaluation (nice) chip for simultaneous analysis of multiple n cycle-associated genes
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