Benjamin Elazari Volcani (1915-1999): Sixty-three years of studies of the microbiology of the Dead Sea

International Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-198

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ART; ARTICLE; HALOBACTERIALES; HISTORY; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOBACTERIALES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; PROTOZOA; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

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