Bacteria and marine biogeochemistry

Marine Geochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 169-206

  Jorgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32144-6_5     Document Type: Chapter

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