Life's unity and flexibility: The ecological link

International Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Guerrero, Ricardo ^a   Berlanga, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Energetic basis of life; Microbe's contribution to biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33750586958     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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