Bacterial mats on coral-like structures at methane seeps in the Black Sea

Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 354-360

  Pimenov, N V ^a   Rusanov, I I ^a   Poglazova, M N ^a   Mityushina, L L ^a   Sorokin, D Yu ^a   Khmelenina, V N ^b   Trotsenko, Yu A ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacterial mats; Methane seeps; The Black Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000803704     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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