The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Nature Microbiology

• Publication date

  2016-07-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.116PMID 27562259
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