Life and applications of extremophiles.
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چکیده
Ricardo Cavicchioli,1 Ricardo Amils,2 Dirk Wagner3 and Terry McGenity4 School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of NSW, Sidney, NSW 2052, Australia. Centro de Biología Molecular, CSICUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Postdam, D-14473 Postdam, Germany. Department of Biological Sciences, Univeristy of Essex, Colchester, CO43SQ Essex, UK.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental microbiology
دوره 13 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011