The phylum aquificae

The Prokaryotes: Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and The Archaea

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 417-445

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_119     Document Type: Chapter

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