Geomicrobiology of black sediments in Vântului Cave (Romania): Preliminary results

Cave and Karst Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 109-112

  Manolache, Elena ^a   Onac, Bogdan P ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CAVE; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ROMANIA; VANTULUI CAVE;

EID: 0034989248     PISSN: 1356191X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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