Enigmatic reticulated filaments in subsurface granite

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 596-603

  Miller, A Z ^a   Hernandez Marine M ^b   Jurado, V ^c   Dionisio A ^a   Barquinha, P ^d   Fortunato, E ^d   Afonso, M J ^e,f   Chamine H I ^e,f   Saiz Jimenez, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^d Center of Excellence in Microelectronics Optoelectronics and Processes   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^f Centro GeoBioTec UA   (Portugal)

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EID: 84862304938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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