Life without light: microbial diversity and evidence of sulfur- and ammonium-based chemolithotrophy in Movile Cave

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  The ISME Journal

• Publication date

  2009-05-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/ismej.2009.57PMID 19474813
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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