Microbial life in antarctic permafrost environments

Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology: Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils

Volumn 9783642452130, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-232

  Goordial, Jacqueline ^a   Whyte, Lyle ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84930409263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45213-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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