New perspectives in benthic deep-sea microbial ecology

Deep-sea ecosystems represent the largest and most remote biome of the biosphere. They play a fundamental role in global biogeochemical cycles and their functions allow existence of life on our planet. In the last 20 years enormous progress has been made in the investigation of deep-sea microbes, bu...

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Main Author: Cinzia eCorinaldesi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00017/full