The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Anesio, Alexandre M ^a   Lutz, Stefanie ^b   Chrismas, Nathan A M ^a   Benning, Liane G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 85028502547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41522-017-0019-0     Document Type: Review

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