New horizons for deep subsurface microbiology

Microbe

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Onstott, T C ^a   Colwell, F S ^b   Kieft, T L ^c   Murdoch, L ^d   Phelps, T J ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 70350707634     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
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