New insights into the physiology and regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane

Micro-Organisms and Earth Systems - Advances in Geomicrobiology: Published for the Society for General Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 303-320

  Krüger, Martin ^a,b   Treude, Tina ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 67650751109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754852.015     Document Type: Chapter

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