Processes at minerals and surfaces with relevance to microorganisms and prebiotic synthesis

Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 81-122

  Banfield, Jillian F ^a,b   Hamers, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9781501509247     Document Type: Chapter

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