journal article·2026-02

Microbial communities produced palladium nanoparticles for the degradation of 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol, metabolite of the insecticide Chlorpyrifos

Aries Figueroa-Careaga, Rene Rangel-Mendez, Francisco J Cervantes, Elias Razo-Flores, Aura Ontiveros-Valencia

Journal of Nanoparticle Research· Volume 28· Issue 2
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