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TEMPERATURES of up to 58° C were observed within a 20-ton stack of maize which accidentally became wet in Ado-Ekiti, Western Nigeria.
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OKAFOR, N. Thermophilic Micro-organisms from Rotting Maize. Nature 210, 220–221 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210220b0
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