Coral reef bacterial communities

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 163-187

  Bourne, David G ^a   Webster, Nicole S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30123-0_48     Document Type: Chapter

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