Marine microbial thiotrophic ectosymbioses

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review

Volumn 42, Issue , 2004, Pages 95-118

  Ott, J ^a   Bright, M ^a   Bulgheresi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203507810     Document Type: Chapter

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