Microbial diversity of cave ecosystems

Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 219-238

  Engel, Annette Summers ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9204-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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