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Economic Motives for Managing the Composting Microbial Ecosystem

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Finstein, M. Economic Motives for Managing the Composting Microbial Ecosystem. Nat Biotechnol 1, 341–342 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0683-341

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