Microflora of the deep glacier horizons of central Antarctica

Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-458

  Abyzov, S S ^a   Mitskevich, I N ^a   Poglazova, M N ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anabiosis; Antarctic continent; Glacier; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001375462     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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