Bioprospecting of organisms from the deep sea: Scientific and environmental aspects

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Synnes, Marianne ^a  

^a Moreforsking   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Deep sea; Extremophiles; Microorganisms; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33847211744     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-006-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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