Geomicrobiological processes in extreme environments: A review

Episodes

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-216

  Dong, Hailiang ^a,b   Yu, Bingsong ^a,c  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISM;

EID: 35649018190     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2007/v30i3/003     Document Type: Review

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