Antarctic subglacial lake exploration: A new frontier in microbial ecology

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-880

  Pearce, D A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANTARCTICA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER;

EID: 68649096087     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.53     Document Type: Note

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