Grand challenges in terrestrial microbiology

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2011, Pages

  Stein, Lisa Y ^a   Nicol, Graeme W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875332014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00006     Document Type: Article

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