The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

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  2008

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2008-05-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1153213PMID 18497287
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