Crucial crises in biology: Life in the deep biosphere

International Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Guerrero, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopoiesis; Deep biosphere microbiota; Ecopoiesis; Microbial mats; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0032227390     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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