Biosilicification: The role of cyanobacteria in silica sinter deposition

Micro-Organisms and Earth Systems - Advances in Geomicrobiology: Published for the Society for General Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 131-150

  Benning, Liane G ^a   Phoenix, Vernon R ^b   Mountain, Bruce W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754852.008     Document Type: Chapter

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