An oligotrophic deep-subsurface community dependent on syntrophy is dominated by sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrifiers

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2016-11-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1612244113PMID 27872277PMCID PMC5150411
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