Signature Lipid Biomarker Analysis for Quantitative Assessment in Situ of Environmental Microbial Ecology

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 671, Issue , 1997, Pages 22-34

  White, David C ^a,b   Ringelberg, David B ^a   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^c   Alugupalli, Srinivas ^c   Schram, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Microbial Insights Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 0345876506     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-1997-0671.ch002     Document Type: Article

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