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The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests

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The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests. / Reilly, Matthew; Dinsdale, Richard; Guwy, Alan.

In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 208, 01.05.2016, p. 134-139.

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Reilly, M, Dinsdale, R & Guwy, A 2016, 'The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests', BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 208, pp. 134-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.060

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Reilly, M., Dinsdale, R., & Guwy, A. (2016). The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, 208, 134-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.060

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Reilly M, Dinsdale R, Guwy A. The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. 2016 May 1;208:134-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.060

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Reilly, Matthew ; Dinsdale, Richard ; Guwy, Alan. / The impact of inocula carryover and inoculum dilution on the methane yields in batch methane potential tests. In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. 2016 ; Vol. 208. pp. 134-139.

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