Moonmilk Deposits Originate from Specific Bacterial Communities in Altamira Cave (Spain)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Portillo, Maria C ^a   Gonzalez, Juan M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650678241     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9731-5     Document Type: Article

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