Enumeration of microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal chimney samples

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-216

  Chevaldonné, Pierre ^a   Godfroy, Anne ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

direct count; epifluorescence microscopy; hydrothermal vent; mineral sample

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031029899     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00478-8     Document Type: Article

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