Bacteria in snow and glacier ice

Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 31-50

  Miteva, Vanya ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57449083753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74335-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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