7 Membranes of Thermophiles and Other Extremophiles

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 161-171

  Albers, Sonja V ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a   Driessen, Arnold JM ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 39049121253     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0580-9517(08)70010-2     Document Type: Article

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