What is a prokaryote?

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-37

  Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Zhaxybayeva, Olga ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 84906895382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_114     Document Type: Chapter

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