Serpentinizing fluids craft microbial habitat

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 272-284

  Cardace, Dawn ^a   Hoehler, Tori M ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 75449120370     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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