Earliest life in the Archean: Rapid dispersal of CO2-utilizing bacteria from submarine hydrothermal vents

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Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 252-256

  Glasby, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032218179     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1998/v21i4/007     Document Type: Article

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