Cloudy with a chance of microbes

Microbe

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 70-75

  Christner, Brent C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856978622     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.7.70.1     Document Type: Article

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