Synergistic roles of microorganisms in mineral precipitates associated with deep sea methane seeps

Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 325-346

  Xu, Huifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79959216182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9204-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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