The climate of snow and ice as boundary condition for microbial life

Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-15

  Kuhn, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 34548341674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74335-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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