Exploration of deep intraterrestrial microbial life: Current perspectives

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-16

  Pedersen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autotrophy; Biosphere; Groundwater; Rock; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOMASS; BIOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0034175957     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00061-6     Document Type: Article

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