Life in the deep subsurface

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-288

  Reith, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; PROKARYOTE;

EID: 79951712777     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus032011.1     Document Type: Note

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