Roger Yate Stanier, 1916-1982: A transcendent journey

International Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 59-66

  Glazer, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijerinck; Kluyver; Phototrophic prokaryotes; Stanier; Van niel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM;

CANADA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0035376835     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S101230100014     Document Type: Article

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