11 Deep-sea Thermococcales and their Genetic Elements: Plasmids and Viruses

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 253-278

  Prieur, Daniel ^a   Erauso, Gaël ^a   Flament, Didier ^a   Gaillard, Mélusine ^a   Geslin, Claire ^a   Gonnet, Mathieu ^a   Romancer, Marc Le ^a   Lucas, Soizick ^b   Forterrre, Patrick ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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EID: 39149116412     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0580-9517(08)70014-X     Document Type: Article

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