Methanotrophic symbioses in marine invertebrates

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 319-335

  Petersen, Jillian M ^a   Dubilier, Nicole ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953193381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00081.x     Document Type: Review

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