Permafrost microbiology

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn , Issue 9781402092114, 2011, Pages 726-732

  Gilichinsky, David A ^a   Rivkina, Elizaveta M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 85007206251     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_162     Document Type: Chapter

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