A survey of microbial diversity

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 551-561

  Lipscomb, Diana ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030319705     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2399996     Document Type: Article

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