Microbial syntrophy: Ecosystem-level biochemical cooperation

Microbe

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 479-485

  McInerney, Michael J ^a   Sieber, Jessica R ^a   Gunsalus, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80755129248     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.6.479.1     Document Type: Article

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