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. 2020 Nov 13;3(1):1–5. doi: 10.1007/s42832-020-0068-9

Lessons learned from COVID-19 on potentially pathogenic soil microorganisms

Haifeng Qian 1,✉, Qi Zhang 1, Tao Lu 1, W J G M Peijnenburg 2,3, Josep Penuelas 4,5, Yong-Guan Zhu 6,7,8
PMCID: PMC7661327  PMID: 40477108

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41907210, 21777144, 21976161).

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