Syntrophism among prokaryotes

The Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 471-493

  Schink, Bernhard ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30123-0_59     Document Type: Chapter

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