Life on the rocks

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1613-1631

  Gorbushina, Anna A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REPRODUCTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; GEODERMATOPHILUS;

EID: 34250206964     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01301.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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