Acetogenesis in the energy-starved deep biosphere-a paradox?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Lever, Mark Alexander ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetogenesis; Carbon cycling; Deep biosphere; Energy; Marine; Sediment; Starvation survival; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868320844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00284     Document Type: Article

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