Cosmopolitan distribution of the large composite microbial mat spirochete, Spirosymplokos deltaeiberi

International Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-34

  Margulis, Lynn ^a   Navarrete, Antoni ^a   Sole, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic granules; Microbial mats; Spirochete round bodies; Spirochete ultrastructure; Spirosymplokos deltaciberi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEASON; SPIROCHETE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

MASSACHUSETTS; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0032008883     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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